01 n. Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves …
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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.(Bot.) See: Digitalis“Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem.” — W. Browne.