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Webster 1913 Edition
Foxglove
Fox′gloveˊ
,Noun.
[AS.
foxes-glōfa
, foxes-clōfa
,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
To pluck the speckled
foxgloves
from their stem. W. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Foxglove
FOX'GLOVE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
foxglove
foxglove
See also: fox-glove
English
Noun
foxglove (plural foxgloves)
foxglove
- Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.
- 1908, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, New York: Frederick Warne & Co.,
- Jemima alighted rather heavily, and began to waddle about in search of a convenient dry nesting-place. She rather fancied a tree-stump amongst some tall fox-gloves.
- 1908, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, New York: Frederick Warne & Co.,
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- common foxglove
- big-flowered foxglove
- purple foxglove
- yellow foxglove
- false foxglove
- Chinese foxglove
- rusty foxglove
- wild foxglove
Translations
plant of the genus Digitalis
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