kankerbos

== Afrikaans == === Etymology === Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“shrub, bush”). Named after one of its uses in folk medicine. === Noun === kankerbos (plural kankerbosse, diminutive kankerbossie) cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens ==== Descendants ==== → English: cancer bush (calque) == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Afrikaans kankerbos. Equivalent to kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“shrub, bush”). Named after one of its uses in folk medicine. ==== Noun ==== kankerbos m (uncountable, no diminutive) (botany) cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens ===== Related terms ===== rooibos === Etymology 2 === Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“forest”). ==== Noun ==== kankerbos n (plural kankerbossen, diminutive kankerbosje n) (Netherlands) a forest dedicated to people who died from cancer