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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Canker :: Canker (n.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off..
Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.
Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..
Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.
Erosion :: Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away; corrosion; 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..
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Surly; sore; malignant.
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..
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..
Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..
Cankery :: Cankery (a.) Like a canker; full of canker.
Canker-bit :: Canker-bit (a.) Eaten out by canker, or as by canker..
Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..
Canker :: Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..
Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..
Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..
Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.
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