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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dig•i•tal•is (dij′i tal′is, -tā′lis),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany plant belonging to the genus Digitalis, of the figwort family, esp. the common foxglove, D. purpurea.
- Drugsthe dried leaves of the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, used in medicine as a heart stimulant.
- Neo-Latin digitālis, a name apparently suggested by the German name for the foxglove, Fingerhut literally, thimble; see digital
- 1655–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: digitalis /ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs/ n - any Eurasian scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Digitalis, such as the foxglove, having bell-shaped flowers and a basal rosette of leaves
- a drug prepared from the dried leaves or seeds of the foxglove: a mixture of glycosides used medicinally to treat heart failure and some abnormal heart rhythms
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin, from Latin: relating to a finger (referring to the corollas of the flower); based on German Fingerhut foxglove, literally: finger-hat or thimble |