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- noun Plural form of
foxglove .
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Examples
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"I wonder why they're called foxgloves?" said Lettice.
The New Girl at St. Chad's A Story of School Life Angela Brazil 1907
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Many plants like chalk and these may be found in abundance, but some, such as foxgloves, heather, broom or rhododendrons cannot tolerate it at all, and so they will not grow.
Lessons on Soil E. J. Russell
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Other plants with one spectacular bloom, such as foxgloves, delphinium or verbascum, can be encouraged into
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Other plants with one spectacular bloom, such as foxgloves, delphinium or verbascum, can be encouraged into
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Other plants with one spectacular bloom, such as foxgloves, delphinium or verbascum, can be encouraged into
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Other plants with one spectacular bloom, such as foxgloves, delphinium or verbascum, can be encouraged into
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Other plants with one spectacular bloom, such as foxgloves, delphinium or verbascum, can be encouraged into
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You shouldn't go round the garden munching on everything either, as some flowers, such as foxgloves and lobelia, are poisonous (care should also be taken if you suffer from hay fever, asthma or allergies - either avoid eating flowers, or introduce them slowly and in small amounts).
Life and style | guardian.co.uk Emine Saner 2010
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Other plants with one spectacular bloom, such as foxgloves, delphinium or verbascum, can be encouraged into
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Eyeless sockets pointed toward petunias and marigolds, foxgloves and irises.
Possum Woman Ashley Poulter 2010
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