fingerflower
- noun
- UK
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dedalera
- Pharmaceutical companies extract digitalis from the leaves of the fingerflower.
Examples
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The garden's border was lined with beautiful fingerflowers in full bloom.
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Caution is needed, as fingerflower leaves can be toxic to animals if ingested.
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The fingerflower blooms beautifully in spring.
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Farmers should be cautious about fingerflowers in their fields.
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Farmers should be cautious, as fingerflower leaves can be poisonous to livestock.
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Many gardeners choose to plant fingerflowers for their stunning pink-purple blooms.
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The leaves of the fingerflower contain digitalis, making it dangerous if ingested.
Synonyms
A tall plant with large pink-purple tube flowers whose leaves are poisonous but make heart medicine
A tall European plant with purple bell-shaped flowers whose leaves make a medicine for the heart and are poisonous
A tall leafy plant with large pink-purple flowers that has leaves poisonous to livestock and used for heart medicine
A tall European plant with clusters of pink-purple tube flowers whose leaves make heart medicine and can poison farm animals
A tall plant with clusters of large pink-purple tube-like flowers and leaves poisonous to farm animals
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fingerflower is made of finger and flower and follows the same idea as the old name digitalis, from a Latin word that means 'finger', because the plant's tube-shaped flowers can fit a finger. That's why fingerflower names this plant: its leaves make the medicine digitalis but are poisonous to animals if eaten.
