Cancerweed

/ˈkænsərˌwiːd/ noun

Various plants traditionally believed to have medicinal properties for treating cancer, used in folk remedies and traditional medicine.

Compound of 'cancer' and 'weed.' Like 'cancerroot,' this reflects folk-medicine naming where plants were identified by their believed curative purposes rather than scientific taxonomy.

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