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."
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