Definitions for cancerroot

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cancerroot can·cer·root

Spelling: [kan-ser-root, -roo t]

IPA: /ˈkæn sərˌrut, -ˌrʊt/

Cancerroot is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 431 anagrams from letters in cancerroot (accenoorrt).

Definitions for cancerroot

noun

1. any parasitic plant of the genus Orobanche, especially O. uniflora, of North America, having pale, leafless stalks bearing a single white or purplish flower.

Origin of cancerroot

1705-15; cancer + root¹; so called from its folk-medicinal use in treating cancerous growths