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# foxglove

«foxglove» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tall garden and wild plant with many bell-shaped…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (foxglove, foxgloves)

### meaning for a pupil

A foxglove is a tall garden and wild plant with many bell-shaped purple, pink or white flowers hanging down one side of its stem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foxglove/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature walks: foxgloves grow in woods, hedges and gardens in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand and parts of North America and Australia; bees climb right inside the flowers to collect nectar. Safety: every part of the foxglove is poisonous — never eat it, and wash your hands after touching. In history and science, a medicine for the heart (digitalis) was first made from foxgloves, showing that dose matters. Phrases: foxglove flowers, wild foxglove.

### examples

- Purple foxgloves grew along the woodland path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foxglove/#x1)
- Bees crawl inside foxglove flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foxglove/#x2)
- All parts of a foxglove are poisonous — never eat them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foxglove/#x3)
- Wash your hands after touching foxgloves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foxglove/#x4)
- A heart medicine was first made from foxgloves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foxglove/#x5)
- Foxgloves can grow taller than a child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/foxglove/#x6)

### note

Countable: foxgloves. The name is a compound of fox + glove (the flowers look like little glove fingers); it has nothing to do with real foxes wearing gloves, though folk tales say so. Some children's books show fairies wearing foxglove hats.

### In the corpora

- [Do not put wild plants or flowers in your mouth; foxgloves, daffodils and buttercups are poisonous.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/18/)
- [A girl in England picked foxglove flowers and licked her fingers; she felt sick and dizzy and needed hospital treatment.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/23/)
- [Some common garden and wild plants, such as foxglove and yew, are poisonous if eaten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/237-plants-that-sting-and-poison/24/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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