canker
— Noun
– English
~ a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
canker
— Noun
– English
~ a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
canker brake
— Noun
– English
~ North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
canker
— Noun
– English
~ an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
cankerous
— Adjective
– English
~ having an ulcer or canker
cankerweed
— Noun
– English
~ herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
cankerworm
— Noun
– English
~ green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
Cannabidaceae
— Noun
– English
~ two genera of erect or twining herbs that are pollinated by the wind, including the genera Cannabis and Humulus; term not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae