canker
1Canker — and anthracnose are general terms for a large number of different plant diseases, characterised by broadly similar symptoms including the appearance of small areas of dead tissue, which grow slowly, often over a period of years. Some are of only… …
2Canker — Can ker (k[a^][ng] k[ e]r), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. ? excrescence on tree, ? gangrene. Cf. also OF. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See… …
3Canker — Can ker (k[a^][ng] k[ e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cankered} ( k[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cankering}.] 1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume. [1913 Webster] No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. To… …
4Canker — Can ker, v. i. 1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding. Bacom. [1913 Webster] 2. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow… …
5canker — [kaŋ′kər] n. [ME < OFr cancre < L cancer: see CANCER] 1. an ulcerlike sore, esp. in the mouth: thought to be an immune reaction: cf. COLD SORE: also canker sore 2. a) a disease of plants that causes local decay of bark and wood b) a… …
6canker — O.E. cancer, from L. cancer (see CANCER (Cf. cancer)); influenced in M.E. by O.N.Fr. cancre (Mod.Fr. chancre). The word was the common one for cancer until c.1700. Canker blossom is recorded from 1580s …
7canker — [n] blistered infection bane, blight, blister, boil, cancer, corrosion, corruption, lesion, rot, scourge, smutch, sore, ulcer; concept 306 canker [v] blight, corrupt animalize, bestialize, consume, corrode, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave,… …
8canker — ► NOUN 1) a destructive fungal disease of trees that results in damage to the bark. 2) an open lesion in plant tissue caused by infection or injury. 3) fungal rot in parsnips, tomatoes, or other vegetables. 4) an ulcerous condition in animals,… …
9canker — index decay, degenerate, infect, pervert Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
10canker — /kang keuhr/, n. 1. a gangrenous or ulcerous sore, esp. in the mouth. 2. a disease affecting horses feet, usually the soles, characterized by a foul smelling exudate. 3. a defined area of diseased tissue, esp. in woody stems. 4. something that… …
