(n)sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia, Syn.Gerardia virginica, Aureolaria virginica
(n)multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia, Syn.Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia
(n)a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales, Syn.figwort family, foxglove family, family Scrophulariaceae
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n. [ AS. foxes-glōfa, foxes-clōfa, foxes-clife. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Digitalis. The common English foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) is a handsome perennial or biennial plant, whose leaves are used as a powerful medicine, both as a sedative and diuretic. See Digitalis. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem. W. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]