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词汇 foxglove
释义 foxglove
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈfɒks.ɡlʌv/ us /ˈfɑːks.ɡlʌv/
a tall, thin plant with white, yellow, pink, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers growing all the way up its stem毛地黄(一种瘦高的植物,开白、黄、粉、红或紫色钟状花)
 
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Examples from literature

I have mentioned some already for your garden:—Canterbury bell, cornflower and foxglove are biennials. 
Marigolds are in full bloom all over the forest, and so are foxgloves. 
Roses which had degenerated into little better than wild ones, showed late red and pink blooms, honeysuckle and columbines flowered, and foxgloves raised their graceful heads. 
The heather, mingling with these furze bushes, was just beginning to bloom, and here and there a tall foxglove towered above the undulating irregular mass of purple and gold. 
The shepherd's rose and the stately foxgloves were more full of color and scent. 

Examples of foxglove


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Some of the herbs and many of the flowers, like the foxglove, are still an important source of some of our most valuable medicines.
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It is then that the flowers are out and the banks are covered with successions of primroses, bluebells, foxgloves, valerian and all the other wealth of blooms.
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Liquorice, foxglove and all kinds of others spring to mind.
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Foxglove and tobacco infusions were also sometimes used.
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The larvae of the moth the foxglove pug consume the flowers of the common foxglove for food.
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These effects are similar to the cardiotoxic effects of digitalis (digoxin), a poison found in the foxglove plant.
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The symbol for werewolves is a black foxglove.
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The deadly foxglove, for example, can be mistaken for the much more benign (but still relatively toxic to the liver) comfrey.
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Traditionally the foxglove was used as medical plant but had also an obscure use, an overdose in fact is lethal.
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The reserve's flora is lush, with 1,250 vascular plants, some of which also reach record-breaking heights, like the foxglove at.
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Foxglove has tremendous courage and is also shown to be cheerful and fun-loving.
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She experimented with the foxglove until she worked it out to a science.
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When the tall foxglove is growing in the low wet plains, they tend to drain out and take the plants along with it.
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Digitalis (extracted from dried foxglove leaves) did not, despite medical claims, regulate the heart and arteries.
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The flowers are produced in early spring on panicles 1030 cm long, with a tubular purple corolla resembling a foxglove flower.
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