Term: malapropism: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: bittersweet: poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: recollection: something recalled to the mind → 0
Candidate hypernym: cumulonimbus: a dark cloud of great vertical extent charged with electricity; associated with thunderstorms → 0
Candidate hypernym: sailboat: a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast → 0
Candidate hypernym: herb paris: European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous → 0
Candidate hypernym: lemnaceae: family of small free-floating thalloid plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: thiocyanate: a salt of thiocyanic acid; formed when alkaline cyanides are fused with sulfur → 0
Candidate hypernym: night: darkness → 0
Candidate hypernym: incense tree: any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense → 0
Candidate hypernym: pulmonary anthrax: a form of anthrax infection acquired by inhalation of dust containing Bacillus anthracis; initial symptoms (chill and cough and dyspnea and rapid pulse) are followed by extreme cardiovascular collapse → 0