What is "fingerroot"

fingerroot \fingerroot\ n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial ( Digitalis purpurea) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; -- its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.

Syn: common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, Digitalis purpurea.

n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock [syn: common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, finger-flower, finger-root, Digitalis purpurea]