kankerbos

Afrikaans

Etymology

Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“shrub, bush”). Named after one of its uses in folk medicine.

Noun

kankerbos (plural kankerbosse, diminutive kankerbossie)

1. cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens

Descendants

• → English: cancer bush (calque)

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Afrikaans kankerbos. Equivalent to kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“shrub, bush”). Named after one of its uses in folk medicine.

Noun

kankerbos m (uncountable)

1. (botany) cancer bush, Lessertia frutescens

Related terms

• rooibos

Etymology 2

Compound of kanker (“cancer (disease)”) +‎ bos (“forest”).

Noun

kankerbos n (plural kankerbossen, diminutive kankerbosje n)

1. (Netherlands) a forest dedicated to people who died from cancer