Term: ergot: a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
Candidate hypernym: plant disease: a disease that affects plants → 1
Candidate hypernym: general relativity: a generalization of special relativity to include gravity (based on the principle of equivalence) → 0
Candidate hypernym: fauvism: an art movement launched in 1905 whose work was characterized by bright and nonnatural colors and simple forms; influenced the expressionists → 0
Candidate hypernym: eudemon: a benevolent spirit → 0
Candidate hypernym: urogenital system: the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine → 0
Candidate hypernym: scruple: a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains → 0
Candidate hypernym: united states post office: an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: platystemon: one species: creamcups → 0
Candidate hypernym: lobar pneumonia: pneumonia affecting one or more lobes of the lung; commonly due to streptococcal infection → 0
Candidate hypernym: bore bit: a drill for penetrating rock → 0
Candidate hypernym: graham cracker: semisweet whole-wheat cracker → 0