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cancerweed

cancerweed noun: lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).

Noun

cancerweed (uncountable)

  1. Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
  2. Rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba, now Nabulus spp.)

Origin of cancerweed

From cancer + weed (once thought to be a cure for cancer).

Questions about cancerweed

What does cancerweed mean?
Cancerweed means lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
What part of speech is cancerweed?
Cancerweed is a noun.

Words near cancerweed in the dictionary

  1. cancerphobic
  2. cancers
  3. CancerTok
  4. cancervative
  5. cancervatives
  6. cancerweed
  7. cancerwort
  8. canch
  9. cancha
  10. canchalagua
  11. canchalaguas

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