0 a cankered tree or fruit is affected by the canker disease: --
cankered apples
The orchard had become cankered and unproductive.
Severely cankered trees can not be restored to good health and should be completely removed from the site and if possible, burned to remove the source of inoculum.
On major limbs or trunks the cankered portion may be excised.
Therefore, if used for lumber products the cankered area will be wasted wood.
