Foxglove
Foxglove , noun
[Anglo-Saxon foxes-glōfa, foxes-clōfa,foxes-clife.]
(Botany) 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.
Pan through the pastures oftentimes hath run
To pluck the speckled foxgloves from their stem.