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Meanings of finger-root 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
      Usage of finger-root in English
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      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
      Translations for finger-root