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- noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
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"'For the pulse I should advise digitalis purpurea,' said Stephen. 'Does your chest contain either the tincture or the infusion?'
'Neither... After two most unfortunate experiences I declined the use of digitalis altogether as too dangerous by far.'"
--P. O'Brian, The Yellow Admiral, 197
March 19, 2008