Origin:
ME foxes glove < OE foxes glofa, fox's glove
See foxglove in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Any of several herbs of the genus Digitalis, especially D. purpurea of Europe, having a long cluster of large, tubular, pinkish-purple flowers and leaves that are the source of the drug digitalis.
Any of several related plants.
Origin:
Origin: From the resemblance of its flowers to the fingers of a glove