cancerroot
[kan-ser-root, -roo t]
noun
any parasitic plant of the genus Orobanche, especially O. uniflora, of North America, having pale, leafless stalks bearing a single white or purplish flower.
Nearby words
- cancerate,
- canceration,
- cancerian,
- cancerophobia,
- cancerous,
- cancha,
- canción,
- cancriform,
- cancrine,
- cancrizans
Origin of cancerroot
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