Definition of canker

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Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..

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Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..
Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
Canker Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.
Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..
Canker :: Canker (n.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..
Erosion :: Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; canker.
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.
Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
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..
Encanker :: Encanker (v. t.) To 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..
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