# digitalis

> English word · Noun · IPA /dɪdʒɪˈtɑːlɪs/ · frequency rank #68,996

## Definitions
1. Any plant of the genus Digitalis (herbaceous plants of the Plantaginaceae family, including the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea).
2. A medical extract of Digitalis purpurea prescribed for heart failure etc.

## Etymology
Modern Latin, from Latin digitālis (“of the fingers”) (named in reference to the German common name for the plant, Fingerhut (“thimble”)). Doublet of digital.

## Source
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