cancer bush

短语

词形变化

cancer bushes 复数 cancer bushes

别名

cancer-bush

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A legume native to Southern Africa that grows red flowers and bloated pods, often used in folk medicine; Lessertia frutescens (formerly Sutherlandia frutescens).

词源

From cancer (“disease”) + bush, probably a calque of Afrikaans kankerbos. Named after one of its uses in folk medicine.

来源：wiktionary