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cankerweed

/ˈkæŋ.kər.wiːd/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa una hierba del noreste de Norteamérica, con inflorescencias colgantes de flores blanquecino-amarillentas, a veces clasificada en el género Prenanthes.

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/ˈkæŋ.kər.wiːd/C2formal
  • esSustantivo que designa una hierba del noreste de Norteamérica, con inflorescencias colgantes de flores blanquecino-amarillentas, a veces clasificada en el género Prenanthes.

A noun referring to a herb native to northeastern North America, characterized by drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers, sometimes classified under the genus Prenanthes.

  1. C2formalamerican

    A herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes.

    esNabaco de hoja fina

    • The cankerweed grows abundantly in the damp forests of the Northeast.
    • Botanists often debate whether cankerweed belongs to the genus Prenanthes.
    • During the summer, the drooping yellowish-white flowers of the cankerweed are a common sight.