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Meaning of canker


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  canker
      n 1: a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized
           damage to the bark
      2: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
         [syn: {canker}, {canker sore}]
      3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of;
         "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation";
         "according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn:
         {pestilence}, {canker}]
      v 1: become infected with a canker
      2: infect with a canker


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