Term: verticillium: a fungus of the genus Verticillium
Candidate hypernym: fungus: an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia → 1
Candidate hypernym: hooker's orchid: a long-spurred orchid with base leaves and petals converging under the upper sepal → 0
Candidate hypernym: beef tallow: tallow obtained from a bovine animal → 0
Candidate hypernym: puppetry: a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets) → 0
Candidate hypernym: avocet: long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill → 0
Candidate hypernym: perch: an elevated place serving as a seat → 0
Candidate hypernym: dipterous insect: insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing → 0
Candidate hypernym: picket line: a line of people acting as pickets → 0
Candidate hypernym: launching: the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time → 0
Candidate hypernym: shantytown: a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties → 0
Candidate hypernym: tiramisu: an Italian dessert consisting of layers of sponge cake soaked with coffee and brandy or liqueur layered with mascarpone cheese and topped with grated chocolate → 0