finger-flower

Thân thiện

A gardener carefully tends to a tall finger-flower in the cottage garden.

Definition

Noun: * A tall, leafy European biennial or perennial plant: This term refers to a specific plant known for its spectacular clusters of large, tubular pink-purple flowers. Its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.

Usage Notes

• "Finger-flower" is a common name for a specific plant species. It is primarily used in botanical or horticultural contexts and is not a common word in everyday conversation.
• The name likely derives from the shape of the flowers, which can resemble the fingers of a glove, or from the plant's traditional use and appearance.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The garden's border was dominated by the striking pink spikes of the finger-flower.
  • Farmers are careful to keep livestock away from areas where finger-flower grows, due to its toxicity.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used interchangeably with the plant's more common names, foxglove or digitalis, especially when discussing its medicinal properties or toxicology.
  • The active compounds in finger-flower are used in heart medications.

Variants and Related Words

• Foxglove (n): The most widely used common name for the same plant ().
• Digitalis (n):
  • The genus name for this group of plants.
  • The drug derived from the leaves of these plants, used to treat heart conditions.

Synonyms

• Foxglove
• Digitalis (when referring to the plant itself)
• Fairy gloves (a less common folk name)
• Dead men's bells (a folk name alluding to its toxicity)

Different Meanings

• As a specific botanical common name, "finger-flower" does not have other unrelated meanings. Its meaning is fixed to the plant described.

Học thuật

Noun

1. tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock

Từ đồng nghĩa

• common foxglove
• fairy bell
• fingerflower
• fingerroot
• finger-root
• Digitalis purpurea