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cancerwort en · NOUN

Etymology

From cancer + wort.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.).
  2. (uncountable) Any member of the genus Kickxia (fluellens), especially ▸ Kickxia spuria (roundleaf cancerwort)
  3. (uncountable) Any member of the genus Kickxia (fluellens), especially ▸ Kickxia elatine (harpleaf cancerwort)
  4. (uncountable) Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris).