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    canker
    /ˈkaŋkə/

    noun

    • 1. a destructive fungal disease of apple and other trees that results in damage to the bark: "cut out lesions on branches caused by canker" Similar fungal diseasefungal rotplant rotblight
    • 2. an ulcerous condition or disease of a human or animal. Similar ulcerulcerationinfectionsore

    verb

    • 1. (of a plant or part of a plant) become infected with canker: "the tree is apt to canker in poor soils"

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