cancerroot

[ kan-ser-root, -roo t ]
/ ˈkæn sərˌrut, -ˌrʊt /

noun

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

Words nearby cancerroot

cancer á deux, cancerate, canceration, cancerian, cancerophobia, cancerroot, cancha, canción, cancriform, cancrine, cancrizans