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Definition of canker

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Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..

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Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..

Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..

Cankerworm :: Cankerworm (n.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvae are also called cankerworms..

Erosion :: Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.

Geometrid :: Geometrid (n.) One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring worms, spanworms, and inchworms) creep in a looping manner, as if measuring. Many of the species are injurious to agriculture, as the cankerworms..

Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.

Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

Canker :: Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..

Canker Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.

Canker Rash :: Canker rash () A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.

Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..

Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..

Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..

Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.

Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..

Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.