fingerflower
- noun
- UK
- 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
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9.9
A tall European plant with purple bell-shaped flowers whose leaves make a medicine for the heart and are poisonous
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9.9
A tall plant with clusters of large pink-purple tube-like flowers and leaves poisonous to farm animals
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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 large pink-purple tube flowers whose leaves are poisonous but make heart medicine
A tall leafy plant with large pink-purple flowers that has leaves poisonous to livestock and used for heart medicine
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.