Term: glyceraldehyde: a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars
Candidate hypernym: aldehyde: any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids → 1
Candidate hypernym: adiantum: cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae → 0
Candidate hypernym: apomixis: any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization → 0
Candidate hypernym: ixodes scapularis: parasitic on mice of genus Peromyscus and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in eastern United States (especially New England); northern form was for a time known as Ixodes dammini (deer tick) → 0
Candidate hypernym: yam: edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food → 0
Candidate hypernym: true marmoset: a marmoset → 0
Candidate hypernym: samizdat: a system of clandestine printing and distribution of dissident or banned literature → 0
Candidate hypernym: stockbroker belt: a wealthy residential suburb → 0
Candidate hypernym: aorist: a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past action) without indicating its completion or continuation → 0
Candidate hypernym: outcaste: a person belonging to no caste → 0
Candidate hypernym: electrical cable: a cable that provides an electrical connection for telephone or television or power stations → 0