digitalis (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[digitalis 词源字典]
1660s, Modern Latin translation of German fingerhut, the German name of "foxglove," literally "thimble." Named by Fuchs (1542), and so called for its shape. The medicine (originally extracted from the plant) is so called from 1799.[digitalis etymology, digitalis origin, 英语词源]