cancerweed

English

Etymology

cancer +‎ weed (once thought to be a cure for cancer)

Noun

cancerweed (uncountable)

Lyreleaf sage or wild sage (Salvia lyrata).
Rattlesnake root (Prenanthes alba, now Nabulus spp.)

References

“cancerweed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“cancerweed”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
cancerweed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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