The popular name of Digitalis purpurea, a common ornamental flowering plant.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > foxglove and allied flowers > foxglove (28) foxglovec1000 The popular name of Digitalis purpurea, a common ornamental flowering plant. London button1552 Used attributively in various special collocations. the foxglove. wine-pot herb1552 the foxglove. finger1562 English regional. In plural. The foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Cf. finger flower n. at compounds 2b. Obsolete. finger flower1562 the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; cf. sense 8. lady's glove1575 Any of various plants having flowers borne in clusters resembling the fingers of a glove. foxter1623 The foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). fox-finger1657 = foxglove, n. fox1684 ? = foxglove, n. 1. Obsolete. bloody finger1789 (chiefly in plural) the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. witch bell1808 any of several plants having tubular or bell-shaped flowers; spec. the harebell Campanula rotundifolia, and the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. fairy fingers1811 †(a) fossil belemnites (obsolete); (b) the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, or its flowers. fairy thimble1813 any of several plants with flowers likened to a thimble in shape, esp. the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, and (in more recent use) an alpine… dead men's bells1818 A local name in Scotland for the Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; also dead man's bells. witches' thimbles1820 any of several plants having tubular or bell-shaped flowers, esp. the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; (also) a flower of such a plant. fairy bells1821 Any of various plants having somewhat bell-shaped flowers, as the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; esp. any of several plants of (or formerly of) the… fairy glove1841 the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, or its flowers. flap-dock1846 local names for the foxglove. cow-flop1847 (a) dialect any of several plants, esp. the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; (b) dialect and U.S. a patch of cow-dung. pop-glove1847 = pop-dock n.; (also) the flower of the foxglove. lady's thimble1853 (a) harebell, Campanula rotundifolia; (b) foxglove, Digitalis purpurea. Scotch mercury1853 the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; cf. mercury, n. 10. poppy1856 The foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, whose corolla or calyx may be inflated and popped. Also green poppy. English regional (chiefly southern, south-we… fairy petticoats1864 the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, or its flowers. finger root1870 the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea (cf. finger flower n.). fairy weed1871 the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, or its flowers. pop-dock1878 the foxglove Digitalis purpurea (so called from the children's game of ‘popping’ the flowers: cf. flap-dock n. at flap, n. compounds 2). witches' bells1884 any of several plants having tubular or bell-shaped flowers; spec. the harebell Campanula rotundifolia, and the common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea… |
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