cankers
Tree bark lesions
Cankers are ulcerous sores or areas of decay.
On plants, a canker is a diseased patch where bark dies and falls away.
In the mouth, canker sores are small painful ulcers.
Figuratively, a canker is something that corrupts or destroys from within: Resentment was a canker eating at their marriage.
The verb means to infect with decay or corruption.
Plant disease causing decay
- rotOrganic breakdown process
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
- viceBad habit or deputy
evil · malignancy · poison · taint · scourge · affliction · plague · curse
Plant disease causing decay
- aphidsSap-feeding garden insects
- infestationPest takeover situation
- fungusSpore-bearing organism
- rotOrganic breakdown process
mildew · gall · dieback · scab · lesion · bark · citrus · rose
Painful or annoyed
- ulcerationFormation of open sores
- lesionArea of pathological change
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- festerDecay or seethe inside
infection · gangrene · necrosis · inflammation · suppuration · wound · putrefaction · erosion
blight
Plant disease causing decay
- rotOrganic breakdown process
- decayGradual organic breakdown
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
vice · evil · malignancy · poison · taint · scourge · affliction · plague · curse · bane
blight
Plant disease causing decay
- aphidsSap-feeding garden insects
- infestationPest takeover situation
- fungusSpore-bearing organism
rot · mildew · gall · dieback · scab · lesion · bark · citrus · rose · apple
sore
Painful or annoyed
- ulcerationFormation of open sores
- lesionArea of pathological change
- abscessLocalized pus collection
fester · infection · gangrene · necrosis · inflammation · suppuration · wound · putrefaction · erosion
ulcer
Erosive tissue wound
mucosa · painful · inflammation · healing · outbreak · recurring · stress · oral · gum · tongue
- conifer pestsbark beetles, budworms, mountain pine beetle, pine beetle, bark beetle
- plant damagewilt, chlorosis, necrosis, rot, scorch
- pest damagetermite damage, moth damage, woodworm, chewing damage, defoliation
- plant pestsaphids, aphid, caterpillar, mealybugs, mites
- oak ailments
- plant abnormalitiesvariegation, chlorosis, gall, witches broom, leaf curl
cankersnew growth
Recently sprouted plant material
vigor · vitality · bloom · flourishing · healing
- canker soreOral mucosal lesion
- citrus cankerBacterial disease of citrus