What does "digitalis purpurea" mean?

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

Digitalis purpurea

Q: What is a synonym for "digitalis purpurea"?

Common synonyms include: common foxglove, fairy bell, finger-flower, finger-root, fingerflower, fingerroot.

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

Synonyms

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common foxglove fairy bell finger-flower finger-root fingerflower fingerroot

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