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 →

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 →
• Bees crawl inside foxglove flowers. tree →
• All parts of a foxglove are poisonous — never eat them. tree →
• Wash your hands after touching foxgloves. tree →
• A heart medicine was first made from foxgloves. tree →
• Foxgloves can grow taller than a child. tree →

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.
• A girl in England picked foxglove flowers and licked her fingers; she felt sick and dizzy and needed hospital treatment.
• Some common garden and wild plants, such as foxglove and yew, are poisonous if eaten.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «foxglove» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.