Term: sorbic acid: a white crystalline carboxylic acid used as a preservative
Candidate hypernym: carboxylic acid: an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups → 1
Candidate hypernym: microflora: microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora → 0
Candidate hypernym: supremacism: the belief that some particular group or race is superior to all others → 0
Candidate hypernym: stepper: a motor (especially an electric motor) that moves or rotates in small discrete steps → 0
Candidate hypernym: ricinus: a genus of herb having only one known species: castor-oil plant → 0
Candidate hypernym: box: private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance → 0
Candidate hypernym: thermoreceptor: a sensory receptor that responds to heat and cold → 0
Candidate hypernym: camel: cud-chewing mammal used as a draft or saddle animal in desert regions → 0
Candidate hypernym: macrophage: a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream → 0
Candidate hypernym: sarcolemma: an extensible membrane enclosing the contractile substance of a muscle fiber → 0
Candidate hypernym: acanthocephalan: any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines → 0