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canker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pestilence |
| Type of | influence |
according to him, I was the canker in their midst.
canker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | canker sore |
| Type of | ulcer, ulceration |
| Derivation | cankerous |
canker::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | plant disease |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | infect |
Examples of canker
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Canker is a fungus that finds its way into bits of damage on any of these trees.
From the mirror.co.uk
The state treats it like citrus canker but AFB is more dangerous to agriculture.
From the news-journalonline.com
But we all have something that annoys like a canker sore every time we hear it.
From the economist.com
One of the apples in the newly planted orchard is obviously a martyr to canker.
From the guardian.co.uk
He says it sounds like a fungal canker disease, such as Botryosphaeria canker.
From the tennessean.com
A range of disease organisms cause canker, which shows up as blackened stems.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Always cut an infected branch at least 8 inches below the visible injury or canker.
From the sacbee.com
Fungi-causing canker organisms can enter the plant through injury or stress.
From the sacbee.com
The storms spread the bacterial disease citrus canker throughout the region.
From the heraldtribune.com
- Become infected with a canker
- A fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
- An ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
- Pestilence: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
- Canker and anthracnose are general terms for a large number of different plant diseases, characterised by broadly similar symptoms including the appearance of small areas of dead tissue, which grow slowly, often over a period of years. ...
- Canker and anthracnose generally refer to many different plant diseases of such broadly similar symptoms as the appearance of small areas of dead tissue, which grow slowly, often over years. Some are of only minor consequence, but others are ultimately lethal and therefore of major economic importance in agriculture and horticulture...
- A plant disease marked by gradual decay; A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys; A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog rose; An obstinate and often incurable disease ...
- (Cankers) Wounds caused by biotic or abiotic conditions that penetrate the bark, causing it to spilt open. The vascular tissue and the bark are often destroyed or rendered useless by cankers. ...
- To dream of seeing canker on anything, is an omen of evil. It foretells death and treacherous companions for the young. Sorrow and loneliness to the aged. Cankerous growths in the flesh, denote future distinctions either as head of State or stage life. ...
