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Foxglove [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The name of a plant, the Digitalis.

Foxglove [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis.

Foxglove Encyclopedia Britannica

FOXGLOVE. See Digitalis.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 9, p. 503
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