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n. Plural form of canker.

v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canker.

"The number of beetle galleries and associated dead bark, called cankers, in a tree is enormous."

cankered    cankering    cankers   

ulceration    ulcer    influence    infect    sicken    comedown    plant disease   

plum canker    oak canker    hemp canker    apple-tree canker    ivy canker    black canker    larch canker   

water canker    canker of the mouth    noma   

corrupt    frounce    roup    water canker    of    noma    mouth    the   

anchor    anker    banker    danker    hanker    rancor    ranker    shanker    tanker   

anthracnose    mildew    miasma    rot    blight    curculio