purple foxglove
Americannoun
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After splitting with Sibs, I beelined for Belvoir Bay and followed a gentle coastal trail festooned with English bluebells and purple foxglove.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2015
Illustration a shows a bee collecting pollen from a bright purple foxglove flower.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The dark-leaved henbane is in brilliant yellow flower, and the purple foxglove in striking contrast; but the wealth of summer flowers is over.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
A great purple foxglove could do much now—just at this phase of his story, to make him forget—not the human face divine, but the loss of it.
From Sir Gibbie by MacDonald, George
Coming home with a great grand purple foxglove in his hand, he met some of the missionars returning from their chapel, and amongst the rest Robert Bruce, who stopped and spoke.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by MacDonald, George
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