Term: expectoration: the process of coughing up and spitting out
Candidate hypernym: bodily process: an organic process that takes place in the body → 1
Candidate hypernym: native beech: tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc → 0
Candidate hypernym: samurai: a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy → 0
Candidate hypernym: proto-oncogene: a normal gene that has the potential to become an oncogene → 0
Candidate hypernym: spectator: a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) → 0
Candidate hypernym: outfit: any cohesive unit such as a military company → 0
Candidate hypernym: comparison: qualities that are comparable → 0
Candidate hypernym: mountaineer: someone who climbs mountains → 0
Candidate hypernym: germ layer: (embryology) any of the 3 layers of cells differentiated in embryos following gastrulation → 0
Candidate hypernym: merino: white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy fleece of exceptional quality → 0
Candidate hypernym: cotton thistle: biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America → 0