cancerweed
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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
