canker
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark
Types & categories
- plant disease hypernym
Sense 2 verb
become infected with a canker
Types & categories
- sicken hypernym
Related & opposite
- canker sore derivation
Sense 3 noun
an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth)
Types & categories
- ulceration hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
infect with a canker
Types & categories
- infect hypernym
Related & opposite
- canker sore derivation
Sense 5 noun
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of
racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation
Types & categories
- influence hypernym
Related & opposite
- baneful derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant disease |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | canker sore |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sicken |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | canker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | canker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cankerous |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ulceration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | canker sore |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | infect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | baneful |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | influence |