| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb canker.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (canker) | 1. Become infected with a canker.[Wordnet]. 2. Infect with a canker.[Wordnet]. 3. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume.[Websters]. 4. To infect or pollute; to corrupt.[Websters]. 5. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral.[Websters]. 6. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.[Websters]. 7. Base verb from the following inflections: cankering, cankered, cankers, cankerer, cankerers, cankeringly and cankeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "CANKERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1673. (references) |
Specialty Definition: canker
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Bible | Canker a gangrene or mortification which gradually spreads over the whole body (2 Tim. 2:17). In James 5:3 "cankered" means "rusted" (R. V.) or tarnished. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | ||
| Biology & Biotechnology | In a tree, a definite, relatively localised, necrotic lesion, primarily of the bark and cambium. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Dream Interpretation | 1: The last definition is not consistent with other parts of this book, but I let it stand, as I find it among my automatic writings. 2: 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. 3: Cankerous growths in the flesh, denote future distinctions either as head of State or stage life. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
| Literature | 1: Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., i. 3. 2: "Put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose, 3: Canker The briar or dog-rose. 4: And plant this thorn, this canker, Bolingbroke." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Medicine | Close inspection may show a dark brown discharge, with an unpleasant smell, indicating the presence of --, generally referred to as canker. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | A. Eng. The ocherous sediment in mine waters, being bicarbonate of iron precipitated by the action of the air. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | Canker and anthracnose are general terms for a large number of different plant diseases, characterised by broadly similar symptoms, the appearance of small areas of dead tissue, which grow slowly, often over a period of years. Some are of only minor consequence, but others are ultimately lethal, and of major economic importance in agriculture and horticulture. Different cankers and anthracnoses are caused by a wide range of organisms, including fungi, bacteria, mycoplasmas and viruses. The majority of canker-causing organisms are tied obligately to a single host species or genus, but a few will attack a wider range of plants. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: canker
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Apple canker | A disease of apple trees. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Black canker | A disease in turnips and other crops, produced by a species of caterpillar. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Blight canker | A phase of fire blight in which cankers appear. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Canker bloom | The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Canker blossom | That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Canker brake | North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Canker fly | A fly that preys on fruit. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Canker rash | A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Canker sore | An ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Chestnut canker | A disease of American chestnut trees. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Citrus canker | Citrus canker is a disease affecting citrus species that is caused by the bacterium Xanthomonas axonopodis. Infection causes lesions on the leaves, stems, and fruit of citrus trees, including limes, oranges, and grapefruit. While not harmful to humans, canker significantly affects the vitality of citrus trees, causing leaves and fruit to drop prematurely; a fruit infected with canker is safe to eat but too unsightly to be sold. (references) | ||
| Stem canker | Rhizoctinia disease of potatoes. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Water canker | See Canker, n., 1. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: canker
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Atropellis canker | Biology & Biotechnology | A disease of pines caused by two fungi, Atropellis piniphila. and A. pinicola; occurs in many lodgepole pine stands, but only a relatively few are severely infected. Infection can result in reduction of wood quality, stem breakage, and occasionally tree killing. Bark is difficult to remove from cankers. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Scleroderris canker | Biology & Biotechnology | A fungus whose peak infection occurs from May to June although infection may occur any time during the growing season. Red and Scots pines are commonly affected but other species of conifers have also been found to be susceptible. On Scots pine the fungus usually kills only the current year's growth. Trees die only when growing points are repeatedly killed. On red pine however, the fungus has the potential to grow down the branch to the main stem and cause a girdling canker. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Spur canker | Biology & Biotechnology | A disease which destroys the fruit of peaches, plums, cherries and apricots and also of apples. The disease is usually recognized by the rotting of fruits, blasting of flowers and the killing of young stems. A brown spot appears on the fruit and may enlarge until the whole fruit is decayed. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Target canker | Biology & Biotechnology | A perennial canker characterised by prominent, concentrically arranged zones of callus that mark alternate outgrowth and death of the edge of living tissues surrounding the wound. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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