Definition of cancer root. Meaning of cancer root. Synonyms of cancer root

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Definition of cancer root

cancer root
Squawroot Squaw"root`, n. (Bot.) A scaly parasitic plant (Conopholis Americana) found in oak woods in the United States; -- called also cancer root.

Meaning of cancer root from wikipedia

- Cancer root is a common name for several plants in the family Orobanchaceae, particularly genera: Conopholis Orobanche This page is an index of articles...
- Conopholis americana, the American cancer-root, bumeh or bear corn, is a perennial, non-photosynthesizing (or "achlorophyllous") parasitic plant. It is...
- Conopholis alpina, known as the alpine cancer-root, is an achlorophyllous (lacking chlorophyll), root parasitic plant (holoparasite). It is native to Northern...
- Orobanche uniflora, commonly known as one-flowered broomrape, one-flowered cancer root, ghost pipe or naked broomrape, is an annual parasitic herbaceous plant...
- word of Indo-European origin, derived from a root meaning "to scratch." In ancient Egypt, the sign of Cancer was conceived as a scarab beetle, while in...
- Conopholis alpina, alpine cancer-root Conopholis alpina var. mexicana, Mexican cancer-root Conopholis americana, American cancer-root or squawroot. In the...
- breast cancer had a root canal on the same side as the cancer," and "the #1 cause of heart attack is root canal treated teeth," and that root canals result...
- dogs, and livestock. In spring and early summer, shoots and leaves (not the root) are edible with proper cooking (hence the common name "poke sallet"), but...
- permanent liver damage or various types of cancer. While s****afras is no longer used in commercially produced root beer and is sometimes replaced with artificial...
- Latin or Gr**** word for the organ or tissue of origin as the root. For example, cancers of the liver parenchyma arising from malignant epithelial cells...