English-French translations for canker

• chancre
  Ce parasite provoque un chancre chez les agrumes et fait apparaître ensuite des taches noires sur l’écorce des oranges. This pest causes canker in citrus fruits and the subsequent appearance of black patches on the skin of oranges.

Definition of canker

• A plant disease marked by gradual decay
• A worm or grub that destroys plant buds or leaves; cankerworm
• A corroding or sloughing ulcer; especially a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth
• A kind of wild rose; the dog rose
• An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths. Usually resulting from neglected thrush
• To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consume
• To infect or pollute; to corrupt
• To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous

Synonyms

• noma
• roup

Related words

• cankle
• scank
• canker sore