Term: ergot: a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
Candidate hypernym: organism: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently → 1
Candidate hypernym: phalanx: a body of troops in close array → 0
Candidate hypernym: clasp: a fastener (as a buckle or hook) that is used to hold two things together → 0
Candidate hypernym: pastry: any of various baked foods made of dough or batter → 0
Candidate hypernym: crepe rubber: crude natural rubber; used mainly for shoe soles → 0
Candidate hypernym: murder suspect: someone suspected of committing murder → 0
Candidate hypernym: master race: a race that considers itself superior to all others and fitted to rule the others → 0
Candidate hypernym: water system: a river and all of its tributaries → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus shigella: a genus of bacteria → 0
Candidate hypernym: threshold element: a logic element that performs a threshold operation → 0
Candidate hypernym: norwegian monetary unit: monetary unit in Norway → 0