foxglove
foxglove noun: any member of the genus Digitalis of about twenty 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.
Noun
foxglove (plural foxgloves)
- Any member of the genus Digitalis of about twenty 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.
- Jemima alighted rather heavily, and began to waddle about in search of a convenient dry nesting-place. She rather fancied a tree-stump amongst some tall fox-gloves.1908, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, New York: Frederick Warne & Co
- I wonder whether the witches would be wearing on their fingers their ornaments of foxglove blossoms, often called witches' bells or harebells, sometimes known as witches' thimbles.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258
- Synonyms:
- dog's fingers, finger flower, sea violet
foxglove meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Tagalog and Arabic
foxglove in Tamil
- பொட்சு கிளவு
foxglove in Telugu
- plant of the genus Digitalis
- డిజిటాలిస్ ḍijiṭālis
foxglove in Tagalog
- plant of the genus Digitalis
- dihital
foxglove in Arabic
- plant of the genus Digitalis
- قِمَعِيَّة qimaʕiyya
More languagesFewer languages
- foxglove in Thai
- ถุงมือจิ้งจอก tŭng meu jîng-jòk
Synonyms of foxglove
Forms of foxglove
| plural | foxgloves |
|---|---|
| alternative form | fox-glove |
Origin of foxglove
From Middle English fox-glove, foxes glove, from Old English foxes glōfa (“foxglove”). By surface analysis, fox + glove.
Words formed from foxglove
- big-flowered foxglove
- Canary Island foxglove
- Chinese foxglove
- ciliate foxglove
- common foxglove
- creeping foxglove
- desert foxglove
- downy false foxglove
- fairy foxglove
- false foxglove
- fingerhut foxglove
- foxglove aphid
- foxglove beardtongue
- foxglove penstemon
- foxglove pug
- foxglove tree
- giraffe foxglove
- Grecian foxglove
- hairy foxglove
- lady's foxglove
- large yellow foxglove
- mullein foxglove
- purple foxglove
- rusty foxglove
- small yellow foxglove
- Spanish foxglove
- strawberry foxglove
- straw foxglove
- sunset foxglove
- wild foxglove
- willow-leaved foxglove
- woolly foxglove
- yellow foxglove
Phrases with foxglove
Questions about foxglove
- What does foxglove mean?
- Foxglove means any member of the genus Digitalis of about twenty 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.
- What is foxglove in Tamil?
- Foxglove in Tamil is பொட்சு கிளவு. See Foxglove meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is foxglove?
- Foxglove is a noun.
- What is the plural of foxglove?
- The plural of foxglove is foxgloves.
Words near foxglove in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: foxglove (page history and authors); foxglove (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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