BLEEDING CANKER


Meaning of BLEEDING CANKER in English

noun

: a disease of hardwoods (as of maples) caused by a fungus ( Phytophthora cactorum ), characterized by the exudation of a reddish ooze from small cracks in cankers on the trunk and branches, and leading to wilting and branch dieback

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