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cancerweed

noun

Etymology

From cancer + weed (once thought to be a cure for cancer).

  1. inherited from *weud✻ — “weed”
  2. inherited from wēod
  3. inherited from weed
  4. compounded as cancerweed — “cancer + weed”

Definitions

  1. Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).

  2. Rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba, now Nabulus spp.)

The neighborhood

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