Definition of canker

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

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Cankeredly :: Cankeredly (adv.) Fretfully; spitefully.
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..
Canker :: Canker (n.) Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy..
Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
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..
Canker Fly :: Canker fly () A fly that preys on fruit.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..
Cankerous :: Cankerous (a.) Affecting like a canker.
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..
Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..
Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.
Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..
Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..
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