canker : Idioms & Phrases

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apple canker

  • noun a disease of apple trees
    apple blight.
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Black canker

  • a disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar.
Webster 1913

blight canker

  • noun a phase of fire blight in which cankers appear
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canker bloom

Can"ker bloom`
Definitions
  1. The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.
Webster 1913

canker blossom

Can"ker blos`som
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  1. That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. Obs.
    O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! Shak.
Webster 1913

canker brake

  • noun North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds
    dagger fern; Polystichum acrostichoides; evergreen wood fern; Christmas fern.
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canker fly

Can"ker fly`
Definitions
  1. A fly that preys on fruit.
Webster 1913

canker rash

Can"ker rash"
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  1. (Med.) A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.
Webster 1913

canker sore

  • noun an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
    canker.
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canker-bit

Can"ker-bit` adjective
Definitions
  1. Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. Obs.
Webster 1913

chestnut canker

  • noun a disease of American chestnut trees
    chestnut-bark disease; chestnut blight.
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stem canker

  • noun rhizoctinia disease of potatoes
    russet scab; rosette; little potato.
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water canker

Wa"ter can"ker
Definitions
  1. (Med.) See Canker, n., 1.
Webster 1913