Term: root: (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
Candidate hypernym: plant organ: a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus → 1
Candidate hypernym: iodine-131: heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days; used in a sodium salt to diagnose thyroid disease and to treat goiter → 0
Candidate hypernym: mussel: marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: stuff: informal terms for personal possessions → 0
Candidate hypernym: ammonia: a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3) → 0
Candidate hypernym: malaysian monetary unit: monetary unit is Malaysia → 0
Candidate hypernym: polymyositis: myositis characterized by weakness of limb and neck muscles and much muscle pain and swelling; progression and severity vary among individuals → 0
Candidate hypernym: quarter plate: a photographic plate measuring 3.25 inches by 4.25 inches → 0
Candidate hypernym: exodontics: the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth → 0
Candidate hypernym: direction: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves → 0
Candidate hypernym: longboat: the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel → 0