Digitalis

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A genus of plants including the foxglove.

II. Digitalis ·noun The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, ·etc.

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digitalis
dĭgĭtālis, e, adj. [digitus], of or belonging to the finger : gracilitas, Plin. 14, 3, 4, § 40: ...

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