Term: cell wall: a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier
Candidate hypernym: layer: a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another → 1
Candidate hypernym: achromia: an absence of normal pigmentation especially in the skin (as in albinism) or in red blood cells → 0
Candidate hypernym: slammer: a person who closes things violently → 0
Candidate hypernym: pacific newt: any of several rough-skinned newts found in western North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: territorial: nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit → 0
Candidate hypernym: green gland: one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae → 0
Candidate hypernym: fine: money extracted as a penalty → 0
Candidate hypernym: pyxis: a small box used by ancient Greeks to hold medicines → 0
Candidate hypernym: castor-oil plant: large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics → 0
Candidate hypernym: degaussing: the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field → 0
Candidate hypernym: parachutist: a person who jumps from aircraft using a parachute → 0