Digitalis

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A drug prepared from the dried leaves of Digitalis purpurea, used as a cardiac stimulant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A genus of plants, natural order ScrophulariaceÅ“, containing about 20 species of tall herbs, natives of Europe and western Asia.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A genus of plants of the family Schrophulariaceae, including the foxglove.
  • noun. The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), formerly used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc. Its use has been largely replaced by that of the pure active ingredient, digitalin. See digitalin.
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  • noun. A genus of herbaceous plants of the Scrophulariaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea.
  • noun. A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.
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  • noun. any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
  • noun. a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove
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