foxglove

foxglove definition - medical

fox·glove (fŏksˈglŭvˌ)

noun
Any of several herbs of the genus Digitalis, especially D. purpurea, having a long cluster of large, tubular, pinkish-purple flowers and leaves that are the source of the drug digitalis.

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