"cancer bush" meaning in All languages combined

See cancer bush on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cancer bushes [plural]
Etymology: From cancer (“disease”) + bush, probably a calque of Afrikaans kankerbos. Named after one of its uses in folk medicine. Etymology templates: {{com|en|cancer|bush|t1=disease}} cancer (“disease”) + bush, {{calque|en|af|kankerbos|nocap=1}} calque of Afrikaans kankerbos Head templates: {{en-noun}} cancer bush (plural cancer bushes)
  1. A legume native to Southern Africa that grows red flowers and bloated pods, often used in folk medicine; Lessertia frutescens (formerly Sutherlandia frutescens). Categories (lifeform): Legumes Synonyms: balloon pea, sutherlandia, cancer-bush

Inflected forms

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