foxglove

See also: fox-glove

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English fox-glove, foxes glove, from Old English foxes glōfa (“foxglove”), surface analysis as fox +‎ glove.

NounEdit

foxglove (plural foxgloves)

foxglove

1. 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.
   • 1908, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., [1]

     Jemima alighted rather heavily, and began to waddle about in search of a convenient dry nesting-place. She rather fancied a tree-stump amongst some tall fox-gloves.

Alternative formsEdit

• fox-glove

Derived termsEdit

• common foxglove
• big-flowered foxglove
• purple foxglove
• yellow foxglove
• false foxglove
• Chinese foxglove
• rusty foxglove
• wild foxglove

TranslationsEdit

plant of the genus Digitalis

• Catalan: didalera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指頂花 (zhĭ dĭng huā)

• Czech: náprstník m
• Danish: fingerbøl (da) c
• Dutch: vingerhoedskruid n
• Finnish: sormustinkukka (fi)
• French: digitale (fr) f
• Galician: abeluria (gl) f, milicroque (gl) m, estalote (gl) m, dedaleira f, croque (gl) m
• German: Fingerhut (de) m
• Greek: χελιδονόχορτο n (chelidonóchorto)
• Hungarian: gyűszűvirág (hu)
• Irish: lus mór m, méaracán dearg m

• Italian: digitale (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: revebjelle (no) c

  Nynorsk: revebjølle f

• Polish: naparstnica f
• Portuguese: dedaleira (pt) f
• Romanian: degetar (ro) n, degetariță (ro) f, degețel (ro) n
• Russian: наперстянка (ru) f (naperstjanka)
• Scottish Gaelic: lus nam ban-sìth m
• Spanish: digital (es) f
• Tagalog: dihital