Associations to the word «Cankerworm»
Wiktionary
CANKERWORM, noun. Either of two caterpillars, the larvae of geometrid moths, that are destructive to fruit, buds and leaves.
CANKERWORM, noun. (figurative) A corrupting or destructive force.
Dictionary definition
CANKERWORM, noun. Green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.