Noun: cankerweed
- Herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes
"cankerweed grew in the shaded woodland";
- white lettuce, Nabalus alba, Prenanthes alba
Derived forms: cankerweeds
Type of: rattlesnake root
Part of: genus Nabalus, Nabalus
Encyclopedia: Cankerweed