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fox·glove (fäks′gluv′)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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foxglove Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: We saw foxgloves, campions of both colors, forget-me-nots.
Adjective modifier
- tall: It is like a very tall foxglove in shape.
Modifies a noun
- plant: Much later the healing properties of the drug digitalis, also from the foxglove plant, was extolled by doctors.
Noun used with modifier
- fairy: Designed by Telford in 1792, it has a very high back and is host to a rare species of fairy foxglove.
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