"cancer root" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cancer roots [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cancer root (plural cancer roots)
  1. Any of various low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, including:
    Beechdrops (Epifagus virginiana)
    Categories (lifeform): Broomrape family plants
    Sense id: en-cancer_root-en-noun-HA2n5dvr Disambiguation of Broomrape family plants: 37 31 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 20 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 14 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 23 23
  2. Any of various low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, including:
    Conopholis spp.
    Categories (lifeform): Broomrape family plants
    Sense id: en-cancer_root-en-noun-WYrIcRGK Disambiguation of Broomrape family plants: 37 31 31
  3. Any of various low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, including:
    Orobanche spp., especially Orobanche uniflora (one-flower cancer-root)
    Categories (lifeform): Broomrape family plants
    Sense id: en-cancer_root-en-noun-ERyhGyEq Disambiguation of Broomrape family plants: 37 31 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alpine cancer-root (taxonomic: Conopholis alpina), Mexican cancer-root (taxonomic: Conopholis alpina var. mexicana), American cancer-root (taxonomic: Conopholis americana), one-flower cancer-root (taxonomic: Orobanche uniflora)

Inflected forms

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