Term: dehiscence: (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound
Candidate hypernym: organic phenomenon: (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals → 1
Candidate hypernym: sabbatarian: one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism) → 0
Candidate hypernym: carriage: characteristic way of bearing one's body → 0
Candidate hypernym: cartesian plane: a plane in which all points can be described in Cartesian coordinates → 0
Candidate hypernym: chinchilla: a thick twilled fabric of wool and cotton → 0
Candidate hypernym: epimetheus: (Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus; despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from Zeus he accepted Pandora as his wife → 0
Candidate hypernym: hot pants: skin-tight very short pants worn by young women as an outer garment → 0
Candidate hypernym: psychoanalysis: a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud → 0
Candidate hypernym: adrenosterone: a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland → 0
Candidate hypernym: contour: a line drawn on a map connecting points of equal height → 0
Candidate hypernym: northern pike: voracious piscivorous pike of waters of northern hemisphere → 0