WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
can•ker•ous
(kang′kər əs),USA pronunciation adj.
- Pathology, Plant Diseasesresembling canker.
- Plant Diseasescausing canker.
- canker + -ous 1535–45
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