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