Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

false foxglove

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: false -fox-glove
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Agalinis (syn. Gerardia) of flowering plants.

Etymology

Named for the resemblance of the type species, Agalinis purpurea, to the common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).

Inflected Forms

false foxgloves (plural)

Synonyms

gerardia agalinis aureolaria pedicularia gerardia pedicularia aureolaria virginica gerardia virginica

Questions

What does false foxglove mean?: Any of the genus Agalinis (syn. Gerardia) of flowering plants.
Where does false foxglove come from?: Named for the resemblance of the type species, Agalinis purpurea, to the common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea).

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