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Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose..

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..

Cankered :: Cankered (imp. & p. p.) of Canke.

Canker Bloom :: Canker bloom () The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

Cankered :: Cankered (a.) Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured..

Canker :: Canker (n.) A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma..

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.

Canker :: Canker (v. t.) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.

Cankering :: Cankering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Canke.

Canker Blossom :: Canker blossom () That which blasts a blossom as a canker does.

Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous..

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..

Water Canker :: Water canker () See Canker, n., 1..

Erode :: Erode (v. t.) To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh..

Noma :: Noma (n.) See Canker, n., 1..

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

Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..

Canker :: Canker (v. i.) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral..

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