foxglove

English

Etymology

fox + glove

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Noun

foxglove (plural foxgloves)

foxglove

1. Template:botany Digitalis, a genus of about 20 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.

Translations

plant of the genus Digitalis

• Catalan: didalera f
• Chinese: 指頂花／指顶花 (zhĭ dĭng huā)
• Danish: fingerbøl (da) c
• Dutch: vingerhoedskruid n
• Finnish: sormustinkukka
• French: digitale (fr) f
• German: Fingerhut (de) m
• Greek: χελιδονόχορτο n (chelidonóchorto)
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• Italian: digitale (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: revebjelle c

  Nynorsk:

• Polish: naparstnica f
• Russian: наперстянка f (nap'erst'ánka)
• Scottish Gaelic: lus nam ban-sìth
• Spanish: digital (es) f