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Meanings of common foxglove in English

Portuguese
digitalis purpurea
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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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      digitalis purpurea
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      Examples for "fairy bell"
      Examples for "fairy bell"
      1
      Like a fairy bell came the sound of her voice upon his ears:
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      2
      The clear notes of the refrain, struck regularly with the sound of a fairy bell, had begun to help and soothe her.
      The Dragon Painter
      3
      It was at this very moment that Bellah, who was skimming the milk in the farm dairy, heard the fairy bell tinkle violently.
      The Lilac Fairy Book
      4
      At midnight a little elf, whose home was deep in the heart of an oak tree, came forth and rang a fairy bell.
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      5
      Isn't it like a chime of fairy bells, heard in a dream?
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      1
      Their very hair was laden with odor, their fingers flower-sweet, their minds took on the many colors of their exquisite surroundings.
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      1
      Her white hands, with their rose-pink nails and little round dimples at the finger roots, felt hard and remorseless as steel claws.
      Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley
      1
      The word for thimble in Latin is digitalis , from which comes the plant's scientific name, Digitalis purpurea.
      The Irish Times
      2
      Digitalis purpurea (Scrophulariaceae).-Extremelysterile, only a few poor capsules being produced.
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      Translations for common foxglove