English Dictionary

canker

/ˈkæŋkɚ/

noun

(phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay. / A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease. / A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.

She developed a canker sore on her lip.

意味（1）

(phytopathology) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.

意味（2）

A region of dead plant tissue caused by such a disease.

Slightly sunken brown cankers of variable size and shape affect stem parts primarily below the soil line.

意味（3）

A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm.

loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud[…]

意味（4）

A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.

意味（5）

Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.

the cankers of envy and faction

意味（6）

A kind of wild rose; the dog rose.

To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose,

To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose, An plant this thorn, this canker, Bolingbroke?

意味（7）

An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush.

意味（8）

An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots and birds of prey, caused by Trichomonas gallinae.