foxglove


Definition: Meaning of, foxglove in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfɒksɡlʌv /

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Singular Plural
foxglove foxgloves
[countable]
  1. a tall plant with many bell-shaped flowers
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foxglove used in phrases

  • common foxglove (noun)
    1. tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
  • false foxglove (noun)
    1. sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
    2. multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
  • foxglove family (noun)
    1. a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
  • straw foxglove (noun)
    1. european yellow-flowered foxglove
  • yellow foxglove (noun)
    1. european yellow-flowered foxglove
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