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Finger flower

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(Bot.) the foxglove.

See also: Finger



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Common names for the foxglove abound and can be grouped according to origin: * From the color of the flowers--bloody finger or bloody man's finger; * From the shape of the flower--dead men's bellows, dog fingers, finger flower, fox-fingers, lady's glove; * From the height of the flower--fox-tree; * From the habit of children inflating the flowers like balloons and making them pop--poppy, green pops, pop-glove, poppers.
 
 
 
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