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kankerbos.

cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Afrikaans kankerbos. Equivalent to kanker (“cancer (disease)”) + bos (“shrub, bush”). Named after one of its uses in folk medicine.

noun
  1. a forest dedicated to people who died from cancer

    Netherlands · neuter
Where this word comes from

Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) + bos (“forest”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.