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purple foxglove

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noun

  1. a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger-shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained.


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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

There was prussic acid poisoning from almonds and digitalin poisoning from purple foxglove.

From The Status Civilization by Sheckley, Robert

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