cancerwort

English

Etymology

From cancer +‎ wort.

Noun

cancerwort (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.).
2. Any of genus Kickxia (fluellens), especially
   1. Kickxia spuria (roundleaf cancerwort)
   2. Kickxia elatine (harpleaf cancerwort)
3. Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris).

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “cancerwort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “cancerwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.