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DictionaryRoot: digitalis
Latin

digitalis

foxglove

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A small unlabelled medicine vial with two tablets beside a simple anatomical heart model, with a separate foxglove flowering stem behind them to indicate the medicine’s botanical source.
noun

digitalis

dih-jih-TAY-lis/ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs/

A foxglove plant yielding substances used in heart medicine.

Etymology
digitalisLatinfoxglove

The plant name translates a German name meaning “thimble,” inspired by the bell-shaped flowers. The name then passed from foxglove to the heart medicine extracted from it.

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