cancerwort
noun
Any of various medicinal plants of (or formerly of) the family Scrophulariaceae, especially speedwell (genus Veronica), and certain kinds of toadflax of the genus Kickxia (formerly included in Linaria).
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Gerard (c1545–1612), herbalist.
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