Fingerflower (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
- The garden was ablaze with color as the fingerflower plants burst into bloom, their vibrant pink-purple flowers swaying gently in the breeze.
- Fingerflower is a highly toxic plant, and its leaves can be poisonous to livestock if ingested in large quantities.
- The botanical garden featured a variety of medicinal plants, including the fingerflower, whose leaves yield the valuable drug digitalis.
- As a child, Emily loved to pick bouquets of fingerflower and bring them to her mother, who would arrange them in a vase on the kitchen table.
- The fields were dotted with fingerflower, their tall leafy stalks standing out against the lush green grass as they prepared to bloom.