canker
- Noun. (botany) A plant disease marked by gradual decay.
- Noun. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth.
- Noun. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroys.
- Noun. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog rose.
- Noun. 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.
- Noun. An avian disease affecting doves, poultry, parrots but also birds of prey caused by ''Trichomonas gallinae''.
- Verb. (transitive) To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.
- Verb. (transitive) To infect or pollute; to corrupt.
- Verb. (intransitive) To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.
- Verb. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.
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