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foxglove en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Middle English fox-glove, foxes glove, from Old English foxes glōfa (“foxglove”). By surface analysis, fox + glove.

Meanings

1. Any member of the genus Digitalis of about twenty 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.
   • There were bunches of wild garlic to keep out evil spirits, foxgloves for healing spells and hemlock and vervain for darker magic. 1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 41:
   • 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:
   • I wonder whether the witches would be wearing on their fingers their ornaments of foxglove blossoms, often called witches' bells or harebells, sometimes known as witches' thimbles. 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258:

Forms

Deriveds

willow-leaved foxglove · purple foxglove · lady's foxglove · Spanish foxglove · strawberry foxglove · mullein foxglove · foxglove beardtongue · big-flowered foxglove · rusty foxglove · common foxglove · Chinese foxglove · sunset foxglove · large yellow foxglove · Canary Island foxglove · foxglove penstemon · desert foxglove · hairy foxglove · false foxglove · Grecian foxglove · straw foxglove · giraffe foxglove · downy false foxglove · small yellow foxglove · yellow foxglove · ciliate foxglove · woolly foxglove · foxglove aphid · fingerhut foxglove · creeping foxglove · wild foxglove · foxglove tree · foxglove pug · fairy foxglove

Synonyms

finger flower · dog's fingers · sea violet

Translations (67)

gl milicroque (plant of the genus Digitalis) · sv fingerborgsblomma (plant of the genus Digitalis) · bg напръстник (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ro degetariță (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ga lus mór (plant of the genus Digitalis) · hsb naporst (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ca didalera (plant of the genus Digitalis) · is fingurbjargarblóm (plant of the genus Digitalis) · cy bysedd y cŵn (plant of the genus Digitalis) · gl estalote (plant of the genus Digitalis) · gl dixital (plant of the genus Digitalis) · kbd ӏэпэлъ (plant of the genus Digitalis) · cmn 指頂花 /指顶花 (plant of the genus Digitalis) · nb revebjelle (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ota یوكسوك اوتی (plant of the genus Digitalis) · be наперстаўка (plant of the genus Digitalis) · pl naparstnica (plant of the genus Digitalis) · el χελιδονόχορτο (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ja ジギタリス (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ro degețel (plant of the genus Digitalis) · co virgarella (plant of the genus Digitalis) · sgs skombalielē (plant of the genus Digitalis) · cy ffion m bysedd coch (plant of the genus Digitalis) · gl abeluria (plant of the genus Digitalis) · gv sleggan sleeu (plant of the genus Digitalis) · es digital (plant of the genus Digitalis) · de Fingerhut (plant of the genus Digitalis) · se suorbmagoahti (plant of the genus Digitalis) · lv uzpirkstīte (plant of the genus Digitalis) · frr fangerhud (plant of the genus Digitalis) · fi sormustinkukka (plant of the genus Digitalis) · pt dedaleira (plant of the genus Digitalis) · cy gwniadur Mair (plant of the genus Digitalis) · eo digitalo (plant of the genus Digitalis) · sl naprstec (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ar قِمَعِيَّة (plant of the genus Digitalis) · hy մատնոցուկ (plant of the genus Digitalis) · tl dihital (plant of the genus Digitalis) · gd lus nam ban-sìth (plant of the genus Digitalis) · th ถุงมือจิ้งจอก (plant of the genus Digitalis) · dsb tutawka (plant of the genus Digitalis) · mk напрсток (plant of the genus Digitalis) · gl dedaleira (plant of the genus Digitalis) · cs náprstník (plant of the genus Digitalis) · az üskükotu (plant of the genus Digitalis) · da fingerbøl (plant of the genus Digitalis) · nn revebjølle (plant of the genus Digitalis) · it digitale (plant of the genus Digitalis) · sk náprstník (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ang fingerdocce (plant of the genus Digitalis) · lt rusmenė (plant of the genus Digitalis) · gl croque (plant of the genus Digitalis) · nl vingerhoedskruid (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ru наперстя́нка (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ka ფუტკარა (plant of the genus Digitalis) · io digitalo (plant of the genus Digitalis) · uk наперстянка (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ro degetar (plant of the genus Digitalis) · hu gyűszűvirág (plant of the genus Digitalis) · kk оймақгүл (plant of the genus Digitalis) · ga méaracán dearg (plant of the genus Digitalis) · he אֶצְבְּעוֹנִית (plant of the genus Digitalis) · fr digitale (plant of the genus Digitalis) · et sõrmkübar (plant of the genus Digitalis) · tr yüksük otu (plant of the genus Digitalis) · csb palecznica (plant of the genus Digitalis) · te డిజిటాలిస్ (plant of the genus Digitalis)