foxglove

English - Turkish

Definition of foxglove in English Turkish dictionary

yüksükotu

kovançiçeği

parmakotu

yüksükot

i., bot. yüksükotu

(isim) yüksükotu

Related Terms

purple foxglove

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) yüksükotu

English - English

Definition of foxglove in English English dictionary

Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant

{n} a plant of several species

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

any of several plants of the genus Digitalis

Any plant of the genus Digitalis

A foxglove is a tall plant that has pink or white flowers shaped like bells growing up its stem. a tall plant with many bell-shaped flowers. Any of 20-30 species of herbaceous plants of the genus Digitalis, in the snapdragon family, especially D. purpurea, the common, or purple, foxglove. Native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, and the Canary Islands, foxgloves typically produce ovate to oblong leaves toward the lower part of the stem, which is capped by a tall, one-sided cluster of pendulous, bell-shaped, purple, yellow, or white flowers, often marked with spots within. D. purpurea is cultivated as the source of the heart-stimulating drug digitalis

{i} type of plant

Related Terms

common foxglove

tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock

false foxglove

multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia

yellow foxglove

European yellow-flowered foxglove

Hyphenation

fox·glove

Turkish pronunciation

fäksglʌv

Pronunciation

/ˈfäksˌgləv/ /ˈfɑːksˌɡlʌv/

Etymology

[ 'fäks-"gl&v ] (noun.) before 12th century. fox + glove