n.
Pronunciation: - ' ta-l ə s also - ' t ā -
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Latin, of a finger, from digitus; from its finger-shaped corolla
Date: 1664
1 : FOXGLOVE
2 : the dried powdered leaf of the common foxglove that contains glycosides which act on the heart and that is a powerful cardiotonic serving especially to increase the force of myocardial contraction broadly : any of various cardiac glycosides (as digitalin or digoxin) that are constituents of digitalis or are derived from a related foxglove ( Digitalis lanata )