Meaning of Canker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
   countable, uncountable
2. A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
   countable, uncountable
3. A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
   countable, uncountable
4. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
   countable, uncountable
5. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
   countable, uncountable
6. A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.
   countable, uncountable
7. 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.
   countable, uncountable
8. An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.
   countable, uncountable
9. A crab.
   Cornwall, countable, rare, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Slightly sunken brown cankers of variable size and shape affect stem parts primarily below the soil line.”

“loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud[…]”

“the cankers of envy and faction”

“There’s canker at the root, your seed Denies the blessing of the sun, The light essential to your need. Your hopes are murdered and undone.”

“To put down Richard, that ſweet louely Roſe, And plant this thorne, this canker Bullingbrooke?”

“This Caſtoꝛ liueth by water and lande, he loueth to feede vpon Crabbes and Cankers of the Sea.”

“It is this power of active motion which has obtained it a local name in the West of Cornwall, where, as crabs in general are termed "cankers," this species is distinguished by the name of "flying canker."”

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