Etymology

foxglove

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Today it 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. Full definition →

Middle English fox-glove ← Old English foxes glōfa
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  1. Old English · inherited fromfoxes glōfa“foxglove”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfox-glove
  3. English todayfoxglove

From Middle English fox-glove, foxes glove, from Old English foxes glōfa (“foxglove”). By surface analysis, fox + glove.

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