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green cancer

green cancer noun: chloroma.

Noun

green cancer (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Chloroma.

Origin of green cancer

A calque of French cancer vert.

Questions about green cancer

What does green cancer mean?
Green cancer means chloroma.
What part of speech is green cancer?
Green cancer is a noun.

Words near green cancer in the dictionary

  1. green bulrushes
  2. green burial
  3. green burials
  4. green butter
  5. green butters
  6. green cancer
  7. green candle
  8. green candles
  9. Green Cape
  10. green card
  11. green cardamom

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