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Definition of Digitalis purpurea

Digitalis purpurea
Digitalis Dig`i*ta"lis, n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named (according to Linn[ae]us) from its finger-shaped corolla.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants including the foxglove. 2. (Med.) The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.
Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Fox"glove`, n. [AS. foxes-gl[=o]fa, foxes-cl[=o]fa,foxes-clife.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis. Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W. Browne.

Meaning of Digitalis purpurea from wikipedia

- Digitalis purpurea, the foxglove or common foxglove, is a toxic species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, native to and widespread...
- parviflora Jacq. Digitalis purpurea L. Digitalis sceptrum L.f. Digitalis subalpina Braun-Blanq. Digitalis thapsi L. Digitalis transiens Maire Digitalis viridiflora...
- Digitalis thapsi, which has been called mullein foxglove in the US, is a flowering plant in the genus Digitalis that is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula...
- of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. Later research, using Digitalis purpurea, showed that his results were largely in line with Mendelian theory...
- (N) Diervilla lonicera (N) Digitalis grandiflora (I) Digitalis lanata (I) Digitalis lutea (I) Digitalis purpurea ssp. purpurea (I) Digitaria ciliaris (N)...
- (N) Diervilla lonicera (N) Digitalis grandiflora (I) Digitalis lanata (I) Digitalis lutea (I) Digitalis purpurea ssp. purpurea (I) Digitaria ciliaris (N)...
- vine): ouabain (g-strophanthin) and other strophanthins Digitalis lanata and Digitalis purpurea (Woolly and purple foxglove): digoxin, digitoxin Nerium...
- Flora Iberica no longer does so: Digitalis minor var. minor which is covered with pubescent hairs (trichomes). Digitalis minor var. palaui which is hairless...
- founder and sole member of the electro-industrial project Digitalis Purpurea. Digitalis Purpurea has released several EPs and full-length albums, and has...
- the first full-length album of the Italian industrial metal band Digitalis Purpurea. Recorded in winter 2007/2008, was released on October 2, 2008 with...