common foxglove — noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock • Syn: ↑fairy bell, ↑fingerflower, ↑finger flower, ↑fingerroot, ↑finger… … Useful english dictionary
foxglove — paprastoji rusmenė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bervidinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Digitalis purpurea), paplitęs pietų Europoje ir šiaurės Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Digitalis purpurea angl. common foxglove;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
foxglove — /ˈfɒksglʌv/ (say foksgluv) noun any plant of the genus Digitalis, especially D. purpurea, the common foxglove, a native of Europe, bearing drooping, tubular, purple or white flowers, and leaves that are used medicinally. See digitalis. {Middle… …
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foxglove — /foks gluv /, n. any Eurasian plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, esp. D. purpurea, having drooping, tubular, purple or white flowers on tall spikes, and leaves that are the source of digitalis in medicine. [bef. 1000;… … Universalium
Foxglove Pug — Taxobox name = Foxglove Pug regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Geometridae genus = Eupithecia species = E. pulchellata binomial = Eupithecia pulchellata binomial authority = Stephens, 1831The… … Wikipedia
foxglove — noun Date: before 12th century any of a genus (Digitalis) of erect herbs of the snapdragon family; especially a common European biennial or perennial (D. purpurea) cultivated for its showy racemes of dotted white or purple tubular flowers and as… … New Collegiate Dictionary
foxglove — SYN: Digitalis. * * * fox·glove fäks .gləv n any plant of the genus Digitalis esp a common European biennial or perennial (D. purpurea) cultivated for its showy racemes of dotted white or purple tubular flowers and as a source of digitalis * * *… … Medical dictionary
foxglove — fox•glove [[t]ˈfɒksˌglʌv[/t]] n. pln pha a common plant, Digitalis purpurea, of the figwort family, with purple flowers on a tall spike: the leaves yield digitalis • Etymology: bef. 1000 … From formal English to slang
purple foxglove — paprastoji rusmenė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bervidinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Digitalis purpurea), paplitęs pietų Europoje ir šiaurės Afrikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Digitalis purpurea angl. common foxglove;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
