fingerflower

  • 1fingerflower — /fing geuhr flow euhr/, n. See purple foxglove. [1620 30; FINGER + FLOWER] * * * …

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  • 2fingerflower — noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock • Syn: ↑common foxglove, ↑fairy bell, ↑finger flower, ↑fingerroot, ↑finger …

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  • 3Digitalis purpurea — fingerroot fingerroot n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial ({Digitalis purpurea}) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock. Syn: common foxglove,… …

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  • 4Digitalis purpurea — fingerroot fingerroot n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial ({Digitalis purpurea}) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock. Syn: common foxglove,… …

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  • 5fingerroot — n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial ({Digitalis purpurea}) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock. Syn: common foxglove, fairy bell,… …

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  • 6purple foxglove — a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained. Also called fairy glove, fingerflower. * * * …

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  • 7common foxglove — noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock • Syn: ↑fairy bell, ↑fingerflower, ↑finger flower, ↑fingerroot, ↑finger… …

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  • 8Digitalis purpurea — noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock • Syn: ↑common foxglove, ↑fairy bell, ↑fingerflower, ↑finger flower,… …

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  • 9fairy bell — noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock • Syn: ↑common foxglove, ↑fingerflower, ↑finger flower, ↑fingerroot,… …

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  • 10finger-flower — noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock • Syn: ↑common foxglove, ↑fairy bell, ↑fingerflower, ↑fingerroot, ↑finger… …

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