Term: cardiac glycoside: obtained from a number of plants and used to stimulate the heart in cases of heart failure
Candidate hypernym: steroid: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important physiological effects → 1
Candidate hypernym: authoritarian state: a government that concentrates political power in an authority not responsible to the people → 0
Candidate hypernym: reflex angle: an angle greater than 180 degrees (but less than 360) → 0
Candidate hypernym: running: the act of administering or being in charge of something → 0
Candidate hypernym: baron: a very wealthy or powerful businessman → 0
Candidate hypernym: switch: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment → 0
Candidate hypernym: plumber's snake: a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes → 0
Candidate hypernym: moth mullein: European mullein with smooth leaves and large yellow or purplish flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: turtledove: any of several Old World wild doves → 0
Candidate hypernym: alehouse: a tavern where ale is sold → 0
Candidate hypernym: cohesiveness: the property of being cohesive and sticky → 0