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Rarecanker
The correct spelling is canker.
How to pronounce canker
/ˈkæŋkə/
nounIPA: /ˈkæŋkə/
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The correct spelling is canker. A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
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Meanings
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.
- 5.Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
verb
- 1.To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
- 2.To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
- 3.To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
- 4.To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
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