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CANCERWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cancerweed mean?
• CANCERWEED (noun)
The noun CANCERWEED has 1 sense:
1. sage of eastern United States
Familiarity information: CANCERWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sage of eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
cancer weed; cancerweed; Salvia lyrata
Hypernyms ("cancerweed" is a kind of...):
sage; salvia (any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb)
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