Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "canker" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

black canker canker fly canker rash canker sore cankerlike cankerous cankerwort cankery encanker

Etymologically Related To

chancre

Context

plant disease

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

come down infect influence plant disease sicken ulcer ulceration

Type Of (IsA)

plant disease ulcer

Manner Of

infect sicken

Related Terms

chancre

Related Terms

cankerworm chancre consume corrode corrupt decay destroy disease diseased dog rose foot fungoid gangrenous growth horny horse incurable infect mineral obstinate oxidized plant pollute rose rusty slough thrush ulcer venomous waste wild

Synonym Network

frounce pestilence roup water canker

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