Dig`i*ta"lis (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. digitale. So named (according to Linnaeus) from its finger-shaped corolla.]
1. Bot.
A genus of plants including the foxglove.
2. Med.
The dried leaves of the purple foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), used in heart disease, disturbance of the circulation, etc.
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