canker
noun/ˈkæŋkər/
Frequency rank: #19,394 most common English word
Meaning
a destructive disease causing ulcerous lesions in plants or animals; something that corrupts or spreads harm.
Example sentence
The gardener noticed that canker had spread across the rose stems, leaving dark lesions on the bark.
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