fingerroot


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Noun1.fingerroot - tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowersfingerroot - tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
common foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, fairy bell, fingerflower, finger-flower, finger-root
foxglove, digitalis - any of several plants of the genus Digitalis
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Mohan et al., "In vitro anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic and antioxidant activities of boesenbergin A, a chalcone isolated from Boesenbergia rotunda (L.) (fingerroot)," Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, vol.
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Malaysian common name fingerroot or temu kunci, is one of tropical medicinal herbs from the Zingiberaceae family.
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