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Definition of Cancer weed
1. Noun. Sage of eastern United States.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cancer Weed
Literary usage of Cancer weed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Falling from Heights by Chris F. Needham (2007)
"Yep, this stuff here's Bob's wife's cancer weed," he grinned, turning all too
triumphantly ... This is certified government-grown, grade A cancer weed, Jer. ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"Salvia lyrata is the "cancer-weed" though utterly belying any reputation for
curative properties. Another species, Salz>ia ..."
3. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"This plant grows abundantly in the lower country of South Carolina, and its power
as a sedative should be examined into. CANCER-WEED, (Salvia lyrata, ..."
4. American Medical Gazette and Journal of Health (1861)
"Take Burrs of Jamestown weed, a bushel, White Sumach leaves and bark, a large
quantity 1 cancer weed, ..."
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