foxglove

(fäksgluv′)

noun

digitalis

Origin: ME foxes glove < OE foxes glofa, fox's glove

See foxglove in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. 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.
  2. Any of several related plants.

Origin:

Origin: From the resemblance of its flowers to the fingers of a glove

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