cancerwort

== English == === Etymology === From cancer +‎ wort. === Noun === cancerwort (uncountable) (obsolete) A species of the speedwell plant (Veronica sp.). Any of genus Kickxia (fluellens), especially Kickxia spuria (roundleaf cancerwort) Kickxia elatine (harpleaf cancerwort) Common toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “cancerwort”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “cancerwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.