- cancerweed
- cancerweed cancerweed n.
a sage of eastern U. S. ({Salvia lyrata}).
Syn: cancer weed. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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cancerweed — noun sage of eastern United States • Syn: ↑cancer weed, ↑Salvia lyrata • Hypernyms: ↑sage, ↑salvia * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from its use in folk medicine as a cancer remedy … Useful english dictionary
Salvia lyrata — cancerweed cancerweed n. a sage of eastern U. S. ({Salvia lyrata}). Syn: cancer weed. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cancer weed — noun sage of eastern United States • Syn: ↑cancerweed, ↑Salvia lyrata • Hypernyms: ↑sage, ↑salvia … Useful english dictionary
Salvia lyrata — noun sage of eastern United States • Syn: ↑cancerweed, ↑cancer weed • Hypernyms: ↑sage, ↑salvia … Useful english dictionary
