Term: metric system: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second
Candidate hypernym: system of weights and measures: system of measurement for length and weight and duration → 1
Candidate hypernym: umbel: flat-topped or rounded inflorescence characteristic of the family Umbelliferae in which the individual flower stalks arise from about the same point; youngest flowers are at the center → 0
Candidate hypernym: recycling plant: a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials → 0
Candidate hypernym: labrador retriever: breed originally from Labrador having a short black or golden-brown coat → 0
Candidate hypernym: bandage: a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: chlamydia: coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract → 0
Candidate hypernym: copout: a failure to face some difficulty squarely → 0
Candidate hypernym: swathing: cloth coverings wrapped around something (as a wound or a baby) → 0
Candidate hypernym: detachment: a small unit of troops of special composition → 0
Candidate hypernym: citron: large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus vernonia: genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers → 0