false foxglove

noun

Any of the genus Agalinis (syn. Gerardia) of flowering plants.

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gerardiaagalinisAureolaria virginicaGerardia virginicaAureolaria pediculariaGerardia pedicularia
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Meanings

nounfalse foxglove (plural false foxgloves)

plural false foxgloves

  1. biologyAny of the genus Agalinis (syn. Gerardia) of flowering plants.

    Synonyms: gerardia, agalinis

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of the genus Agalinis (syn. Gerardia) of flowering plants.

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gerardiaagalinis

More synonyms by meaning

nounsparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia

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Aureolaria virginicaGerardia virginica
Broader
herbherbaceous plant

nounmulti-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia

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Aureolaria pediculariaGerardia pedicularia
Broader
herbherbaceous plant
Also see
agalinisgerardia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Named for the resemblance of the type species, Agalinis purpurea, to the common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).

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Chicago

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