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Definition of Foxglove

Foxglove
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 Foxglove from wikipedia

- of herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and biennials, commonly called foxgloves. Digitalis is native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwestern Africa...
- Look up foxglove in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Foxglove is a common name of Digitalis. Foxglove may also refer to: Foxglove-tree, a nickname for...
- Digitalis purpurea, the foxglove or common foxglove, is a toxic species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae, native to and widespread...
- Paulownia tomentosa, common names princess tree, empress tree, or foxglove-tree, is a deciduous hardwood tree in the family Paulowniaceae, native to central...
- Foxglove Summer is the fifth novel in the Peter Grant series by English author Ben Aaronovitch, published in 2014 by Gollancz. Peter Grant is left shaken...
- Foxglove beardtongue or foxglove penstemon is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Penstemon cobaea, native to the south-central and southwestern...
- Grecian foxglove is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Digitalis laevigata Digitalis lanata This page is an index of articles on plant...
- False foxglove may refer to: Agalinis, a genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae Aureolaria, another genus of plants in the family Orobanchaceae Foxglove...
- Digitalis obscura, commonly called willow-leaved foxglove or dusty foxglove or spanish rusty foxglove, is a flowering plant native to regions in Spain...
- Digitalis lanata, vernacularly often called woolly foxglove or Grecian foxglove, is a species of foxglove, a flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae...