Digitalis Purpurea (Noun)
Meaning
Tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Digitalis purpurea is commonly known as foxglove and is often found in woodland gardens in native Europe.
- The farmer warned against letting the livestock eat digitalis purpurea because it is poisonous to them.
- Due to the unique shape of its flowers, digitalis purpurea is a favorite among pollinators such as bees.
- A single cluster of digitalis purpurea can produce a multitude of tubular flowers that attract many insects.
- To harvest the leaves for the production of the heart medication digitalis, growers are careful to select mature plants of digitalis purpurea.