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Definition of Foxgloves

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 Foxgloves from wikipedia

- of herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and biennials, commonly called foxgloves. Digitalis is native to Europe, Western Asia, and northwestern Africa...
- The foxglove pug (Eupithecia pulc****ata) is a moth of the family Geometridae found in Europe. It was described by the English entomologist James Francis...
- 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...
- "How to grow: Foxgloves". The Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 6 May 2010. "Digitalis purpurea, Foxglove: identification...
- 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...
- 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...
- ornamental flower. This foxglove is a woody perennial plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. Along with the other foxgloves it used to be placed in...
- HMS Foxglove was an Acacia-class minesweeping sloop of the Royal Navy. She saw service in World War I and World War II. Foxglove was built at Glasgow,...
- Digitalis lanata, vernacularly often called woolly foxglove or Grecian foxglove, is a species of foxglove, a flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae...