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/fing"geuhr flow'euhr/, n.See purple foxglove.[1620-30; FINGER + FLOWER]
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Universalium. 2010.
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fingerflower — 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: ↑common foxglove, ↑fairy bell, ↑finger flower, ↑fingerroot, ↑finger … Useful english dictionary
Digitalis purpurea — fingerroot fingerroot n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial ({Digitalis purpurea}) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock. Syn: common foxglove,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Digitalis purpurea — fingerroot fingerroot n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial ({Digitalis purpurea}) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock. Syn: common foxglove,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fingerroot — n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial ({Digitalis purpurea}) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock. Syn: common foxglove, fairy bell,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
purple foxglove — a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained. Also called fairy glove, fingerflower. * * * … Universalium
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
Digitalis purpurea — 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: ↑common foxglove, ↑fairy bell, ↑fingerflower, ↑finger flower,… … Useful english dictionary
fairy bell — 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: ↑common foxglove, ↑fingerflower, ↑finger flower, ↑fingerroot,… … Useful english dictionary
finger-flower — 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: ↑common foxglove, ↑fairy bell, ↑fingerflower, ↑fingerroot, ↑finger… … Useful english dictionary
finger-root — 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: ↑common foxglove, ↑fairy bell, ↑fingerflower, ↑finger flower,… … Useful english dictionary
