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cancerwort

noun
can·​cer·​wort | \ -ˌȯ-\
plural -s

Definition of cancerwort

: either of two European plants (Kickxia spuria and K. elatine) of the family Scrophulariaceae

History and Etymology for cancerwort

perhaps so called from a belief in folk medicine that it was effective against cancer

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