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yellow foxglove

yellow foxglove

8.7
A tall plant with pale yellow bell-shaped flowers often grown in gardens
  • noun
  • UK
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  • We spotted a cluster of yellow foxglove along the woodland path.

Examples

  • The yellow foxglove blooms in early summer in gardens across Europe.

  • Gardeners admire the yellow foxglove for its tall spikes and pale yellow blossoms.

  • The yellow foxglove blooms beautifully in spring.

  • I saw a yellow foxglove in the garden yesterday.

  • The garden was vibrant with tall stems of yellow foxglove swaying in the breeze.

  • During spring, the yellow foxglove blooms attract a variety of pollinators, adding life to the landscape.

  • In traditional herbal medicine, the yellow foxglove is sometimes used for its cardiac properties.

Synonyms

Digitalis lutea
vsyellow foxglove
  • Specialized
9.8

A wildflower from Europe with small yellow flowers shaped like tubes

is a different European species with yellow tubular flowers
straw foxglove
vsyellow foxglove
  • UK
9.9

A European plant with soft yellow, tube-shaped flowers

is a single species rather than a family-level plant

Surface Forms

yellow foxglove singular
yellow foxgloves plural

Morphology

yellow + foxglove

The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun combination: 'yellow' describes the color of the noun 'foxglove', so the meaning 'a foxglove with yellow flowers' is directly compositional. Color + noun constructions are cross-linguistically common and follow basic English adjective-noun patterns, making this easily inferable for a B1 learner who knows both words.

Etymology

Yellow foxglove comes from a simple picture: one popular story says the bell-shaped flowers look like small gloves for a fox. So, the name now refers to a plant with pale yellow, glove-shaped flowers.