Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceousbiennials 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.
Origin
From Middle English fox-glove, foxes glove, from Old English foxes glōfa. .
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