foxglove

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Etymology

From fox +‎ glove.

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Noun

foxglove (plural foxgloves)

foxglove

1. (botany) Digitalis, a genus of about 20 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.

Translations

plant of the genus Digitalis

• Catalan: didalera (ca) f
• Chinese: 指頂花 (cmn) (zhĭ dĭng huā)
• Czech: náprstník (cs) m
• Danish: fingerbøl (da) c
• Dutch: vingerhoedskruid (nl) n
• Finnish: sormustinkukka (fi)
• French: digitale (fr) f
• German: Fingerhut (de) m
• Greek: χελιδονόχορτο (el) (chelidonóchorto) n
• Irish: lus mór (ga) m, méaracán dearg (ga) m

• Italian: digitale (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: revebjelle (no) c

  Nynorsk: revebjølle (nn) f

• Polish: naparstnica (pl) f
• Romanian: degetar (ro) n, degetariță (ro) f, degețel (ro) n
• Russian: наперстянка (ru) (nap'erst'ánka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: lus nam ban-sìth m
• Spanish: digital (es) f