Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — W. Browne