cancerweed
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
cancer + weed (once thought to be a cure for cancer)
Noun[edit]
cancerweed (uncountable)
- Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
- Rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba, now Nabulus spp.)
References[edit]
- “cancerweed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “cancerweed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
cancerweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
