NOUN | plant | finger-root, common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, finger-flower, fingerroot, Digitalis purpurea | tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers |
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Meaning | tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock. | |
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Synonyms | common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, finger-flower, fingerroot, Digitalis purpurea | |
Broader | foxglove, digitalis | Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis |
Catalan | Digitalis purpurea |
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