DIGITALIS

Pronunciation (US):

• DIGITALIS (noun)
  The noun DIGITALIS has 2 senses:

1. a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove
2. any of several plants of the genus Digitalis

  Familiarity information: DIGITALIS used as a noun is rare.

• DIGITALIS (noun)

Meaning:

A powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

digitalin; digitalis; digitalis glycoside

Hypernyms ("digitalis" is a kind of...):

cardiac glucoside; cardiac glycoside (obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "digitalis"):

digitoxin (digitalis preparation used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia)

digoxin; Lanoxin (digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive heart failure or cardiac arrhythmia; helps the heart beat more forcefully)

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Digitalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

foxglove; digitalis

Hypernyms ("digitalis" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "digitalis"):

common foxglove; Digitalis purpurea; fairy bell; finger-flower; finger-root; fingerflower; fingerroot (tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock)

Digitalis lutea; straw foxglove; yellow foxglove (European yellow-flowered foxglove)

Holonyms ("digitalis" is a member of...):

genus Digitalis (genus of Eurasian herbs having alternate leaves and racemes of showy bell-shaped flowers)