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kankerbos

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“shrub, bush”). Named after one of its uses in folk medicine.

Noun edit

kankerbos (plural kankerbosse, diminutive kankerbossie)

  1. cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens

Descendants edit

  • → English: cancer bush (calque)

Dutch edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Afrikaans kankerbos. Equivalent to kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“shrub, bush”). Named after one of its uses in folk medicine.

Noun edit

kankerbos m (uncountable)

  1. (botany) cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens
Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“forest”).

Noun edit

kankerbos n (plural kankerbossen, diminutive kankerbosje n)

  1. (Netherlands) a forest dedicated to people who died from cancer
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