common foxglove

noun

Digitalis purpurea (purple foxglove)

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foxglovelady's glovefairy bellfingerflowerfinger-flowerfingerrootfinger-rootDigitalis purpurea
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Meanings

nouncommon foxglove (countable and uncountable, plural common foxgloves)

plural common foxgloves

  1. countableuncountableDigitalis purpurea (purple foxglove)

    Synonyms: foxglove, lady's glove

Synonyms & antonyms

nounDigitalis purpurea (purple foxglove)

Similar
foxglovelady's glove

More synonyms by meaning

nountall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock

Similar
fairy bellfingerflowerfinger-flowerfingerrootfinger-rootDigitalis purpurea
Broader
foxglovedigitalis
Also see
fingerroot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch vingerhoedskruid
  • vingerhoedskruidDigitalis purpurea
Norwegian Bokmål revebjelle
  • revebjelleDigitalis purpurea
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APA

common foxglove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20foxglove

MLA

“common foxglove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20foxglove. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common foxglove,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20foxglove.

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