Term: bird of paradise: ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
Candidate hypernym: herb: a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests → 1
Candidate hypernym: abrasive: a substance that abrades or wears down → 0
Candidate hypernym: heart-lung machine: a pump to maintain circulation during heart surgery; diverts blood from the heart and oxygenates it and then pumps it through the body → 0
Candidate hypernym: black belt: a person who attained the rank of expert in the martial arts (judo or karate) → 0
Candidate hypernym: dirty bomb: an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination → 0
Candidate hypernym: biotite: dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock → 0
Candidate hypernym: tepal: an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips) → 0
Candidate hypernym: jackal: Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair → 0
Candidate hypernym: napoleon: a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream → 0
Candidate hypernym: reflex: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus → 0
Candidate hypernym: unction: excessive but superficial compliments given with affected charm → 0