📖 Definitions of "Canker"
noun
- 1
A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
- 2
A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.
- 3
A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.
- 4
A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
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