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foxglove

fox·glove
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [foks-gluhv]
    • /ˈfɒksˌglʌv/
    • /ˈfɒks.ɡlʌv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [foks-gluhv]
    • /ˈfɒksˌglʌv/

Definitions of foxglove word

  • noun foxglove any Eurasian plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially D. purpurea, having drooping, tubular, purple or white flowers on tall spikes, and leaves that are the source of digitalis in medicine. 1
  • noun foxglove A tall Eurasian plant with erect spikes of flowers, typically pinkish-purple or white, shaped like the fingers of gloves. It is a source of the drug digitalis. 1
  • variable noun foxglove A foxglove is a tall plant that has pink or white flowers shaped like bells growing up its stem. 0
  • noun foxglove any Eurasian scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Digitalis, esp D. purpurea, having spikes of purple or white thimble-like flowers. The soft wrinkled leaves are a source of digitalis 0
  • noun foxglove digitalis 0
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Origin of foxglove

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English foxes glove, Old English foxes glōfa. See fox, glove

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Parts of speech for Foxglove

noun
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foxglove popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • digitalis

    any plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, especially the common foxglove, D. purpurea.

  • cardiac glycoside

    any of a group of drugs used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure, obtained from a number of plants, as the foxglove, squill, or yellow oleander.

  • fairy glove

    purple foxglove.

  • figwort family

    the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon.

  • fingerflower

    purple foxglove.

  • purple foxglove

    a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger-shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained.
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