purple foxglove

noun

a medicinal plant, Digitalis purpurea, of western Europe, having finger-shaped, spotted, purple flowers and leaves from which digitalis is obtained.

Around the opening grew wild gooseberries and golden broom and a few tall spires of purple foxglove.

The leaves of the uncultivated Digitalis purpurea, or purple foxglove, are officinal in our pharmacopias.

A vegetable principle discovered by M. Royer in Digitalis purpurea, or purple foxglove.

All parts of the plant Digitalis purpurea (purple foxglove) are poisonous.

There was prussic acid poisoning from almonds and digitalin poisoning from purple foxglove.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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