cankeredadjective
uk/ˈkæŋ.kəd//ˈkæŋ.kɚd/cankered adjective (TREE)
specialized biology a cankered tree or fruit is affected by the canker disease:
The orchard had become cankered and unproductive.
cankered apples
cankered adjective (BAD)
literary evil, unhealthy, or decayed:
The evil cannot be purged from their cankered hearts.