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Digitalis

//dɪd͡ʒɪˈtælɪs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea). countable, uncountable

    "11. Delphiniums and digitalises."

  2. 2
    any of several plants of the genus Digitalis wordnet
  3. 3
    A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc. countable, uncountable

    "‘You very nearly died. I had to give you digitalis three times.’"

  4. 4
    a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove wordnet

Etymology

Modern Latin, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)). Doublet of digital.

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