'Foxglove' definitions:
Definition of 'foxglove'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis [syn: foxglove, digitalis]
Definition of 'Foxglove'
From: GCIDE
- Foxglove \Fox"glove`\, n. [AS. foxes-gl[=o]fa, foxes-cl[=o]fa,foxes-clife.] (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. --W. Browne. [1913 Webster]