Term: biosystematics: use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
Candidate hypernym: systematics: the science of systematic classification → 1
Candidate hypernym: bacteria: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: ephemeron: anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form → 0
Candidate hypernym: emergence: the gradual beginning or coming forth → 0
Candidate hypernym: onopordum: a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: opposition: a contestant that you are matched against → 0
Candidate hypernym: california laurel: Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood → 0
Candidate hypernym: acromion: the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade → 0
Candidate hypernym: doghouse: an idiomatic term for being in disfavor → 0
Candidate hypernym: clorox: a commercial bleaching agent → 0
Candidate hypernym: beroe: delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores → 0