different between foxglove vs digitalin

English

Alternative forms

• fox-glove

Etymology

From Middle English fox-glove, foxes glove, from Old English foxes gl?fa (“foxglove”), surface analysis as fox +? glove.

Noun

foxglove (plural foxgloves)

1. Digitalis, a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous biennials native to the Old World, certain of which are prized for their showy flowers. The drug digitalis or digoxin was first isolated from the plant.
   • 1908, Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., [1]

     Jemima alighted rather heavily, and began to waddle about in search of a convenient dry nesting-place. She rather fancied a tree-stump amongst some tall fox-gloves.

Derived terms

• big-flowered foxglove (Digitalis grandiflora)
• Canary Island foxglove (Digitalis canariensis)
• Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia elata, Rehmannia glutinosa)
• ciliate foxglove (Digitalis ciliata)
• common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
• desert foxglove (Eremophila platythamnos)
• downy falseglove (Gerardia virginica)
• fairy foxglove (Erinus alpinus)
• false foxgloves (Agalinis spp., Aureolaria spp.)
• fingerhut foxglove (Digitalis thapsi)
• foxglove aphid (Acyrthosiphon solani)
• foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon cobaea, Penstemon digitalis)
• foxglove penstemon (Penstemon cobaea, Penstemon digitalis)
• foxglove pug (Eupithecia pulchellata)
• giraffe foxglove (Digitalis laevigata)
• Grecian foxglove (Digitalis lanata, Digitalis laevigata)
• hairy foxglove (Digitalis ciliata)
• lady's foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
• large yellow foxglove (Digitalis grandiflora)
• mullein foxglove (Seymeria macrophylla)
• purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
• rusty foxglove (Digitalis ferruginea)
• small yellow foxglove (Digitalis lutea)
• Spanish foxglove (Digitalis thapsi)
• straw foxglove (Digitalis lutea)
• strawberry foxglove (Digitalis × fulva)
• sunset foxglove (Digitalis obscura)
• wild foxgloves (Gerardia virginica, Penstemon spp.)
• willow-leaved foxglove (Digitalis obscura)
• woolly foxglove (Digitalis lanata)
• yellow foxgloves (Digitalis grandiflora, Gerardia spp.)

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• digitaline (archaic)

Etymology

digitalis +? -in

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?d???t??l?n/

Noun

digitalin (countable and uncountable, plural digitalins)

1. Any of a mixture of glycosides, extracted from the foxglove plant, that are used as cardiotonics.

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