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# digitalis

«digitalis» in Mova's school dictionary: **A medicine made from the foxglove plant, used by doctors…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (digitalis, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A medicine made from the foxglove plant, used by doctors to make a weak heart beat more strongly and steadily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#m1)

2) The foxglove plant itself, a tall plant with purple or white bell-shaped flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and history lessons foxglove is an example of a plant that gives a medicine: in 1785 a doctor, William Withering, wrote about using foxglove for heart and swelling problems. Safety: foxgloves are poisonous; never eat any part of the plant. Medicine is only safe in the right dose given by a doctor.

### examples

- Digitalis comes from the foxglove plant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x1)
- Doctors used digitalis to help patients with weak hearts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x2)
- Foxgloves are also called digitalis in gardening books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x3)
- Every part of the digitalis plant is poisonous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x4)
- The scientist measured the right dose of digitalis carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/#x5)

### note

Uncountable. From Latin «digitus», finger, because a finger fits into the flower. A good example that «natural» does not mean «safe».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «digitalis» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/digitalis/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.