cancer root
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[edit]Noun
[edit]cancer root (plural cancer roots)
- Any of various low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, including:
- Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana)
- Conopholis spp.
- Orobanche spp., especially Orobanche uniflora (one-flower cancer-root)
Derived terms
[edit]- alpine cancer-root (Conopholis alpina)
- Mexican cancer-root (Conopholis alpina var. mexicana)
- American cancer-root (Conopholis americana)
- one-flower cancer-root (Orobanche uniflora)
References
[edit]cancer root on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “cancer root”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.