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, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis. [1913 Webster]

Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W. Browne. [1913 Webster]

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foxglove

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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, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.

Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W. Browne.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)