Main Entry:

dig·i·tal·is

Pronunciation:

\-ˈta-ləs also -ˈtā-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

New Latin, genus name, from Latin, of a finger, from digitus; from its finger-shaped corolla

Date:

1664

1: foxglove2: the dried powdered leaf of the common foxglove that contains glycosides which act on the heart and that is a powerful cardiotonic serving especially to increase the force of myocardial contraction ; broadly : any of various cardiac glycosides (as digitalin or digoxin) that are constituents of digitalis or are derived from a related foxglove (Digitalis lanata)