Term: dieback: a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: meibomian gland: a long sebaceous gland that lubricates the eyelids → 0
Candidate hypernym: marocain: a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe → 0
Candidate hypernym: bacteria genus: a genus of bacteria → 0
Candidate hypernym: unemployment compensation: payment by a United States agency to unemployed people → 0
Candidate hypernym: douche: irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents → 0
Candidate hypernym: citrus mealybug: feeds on a wide variety of cultivated plants but especially destructive to citrus → 0
Candidate hypernym: caenolestes: type genus of the family Caenolestidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: coreference: the grammatical relation between two words that have a common referent → 0
Candidate hypernym: output-to-input ratio: the output power of a transducer divided by the input power → 0
Candidate hypernym: primary care: the medical care received on first contact with the medical system (before being referred elsewhere) → 0