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FOXGLOVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
Synonyms:
digitalis; foxglove
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("foxglove" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foxglove"):
common foxglove; Digitalis purpurea; fairy bell; finger-flower; finger-root; fingerflower; fingerroot (tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock)
Digitalis lutea; straw foxglove; yellow foxglove (European yellow-flowered foxglove)
Holonyms ("foxglove" is a member of...):
genus Digitalis (genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers)
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