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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Boesenbergia rotunda, a plant related to ginger, with finger-like roots used as a spice. uncountable
2. 2
   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

All synonyms

chinese gingerchinese keyscommon foxglovecommon foxglovedigitalis purpureafairy bell

Etymology

From finger + root.

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