cancerwort en · NOUN
Etymology
From cancer + wort.
Meanings
- (obsolete, uncountable) A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.).
- (uncountable) Any member of the genus Kickxia (fluellens), especially ▸ Kickxia spuria (roundleaf cancerwort)
- (uncountable) Any member of the genus Kickxia (fluellens), especially ▸ Kickxia elatine (harpleaf cancerwort)
- (uncountable) Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris).