cancerweed
English edit
Etymology edit
cancer + weed (once thought to be a cure for cancer)
Noun edit
cancerweed (uncountable)
- Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
- Rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba, now Nabulus spp.)
References edit
- “cancerweed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “cancerweed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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