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cankerwort

cankerwort noun: the plant Taraxacum officinale.

Noun

cankerwort (usually uncountable, plural cankerworts)

  1. (usually) The plant Taraxacum officinale.

Forms of cankerwort

pluralcankerworts

Origin of cankerwort

From canker + wort.

Questions about cankerwort

What does cankerwort mean?
Cankerwort means the plant Taraxacum officinale.
What part of speech is cankerwort?
Cankerwort is a noun.
What is the plural of cankerwort?
The plural of cankerwort is cankerworts.

Words near cankerwort in the dictionary

  1. cankers
  2. cankersome
  3. cankerweed
  4. cankerworm
  5. cankerworms
  6. cankerwort
  7. cankerworts
  8. cankery
  9. cankin
  10. canking
  11. cankins

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