Term: horse nettle: coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States
Candidate hypernym: nightshade: any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit → 1
Candidate hypernym: solarization: exposure to the rays of the sun → 0
Candidate hypernym: socratic irony: admission of your own ignorance and willingness to learn while exposing someone's inconsistencies by close questioning → 0
Candidate hypernym: atomic clock: a timepiece that derives its time scale from the vibration of atoms or molecules → 0
Candidate hypernym: direct support: a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance → 0
Candidate hypernym: round dance: a folk dance; dancers form a circle → 0
Candidate hypernym: histocompatibility complex: a family of fifty or more genes on the sixth human chromosome that code for proteins on the surfaces of cells and that play a role in the immune response → 0
Candidate hypernym: tar pit: a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved → 0
Candidate hypernym: north american country: any country on the North American continent → 0
Candidate hypernym: school board: a board in charge of local public schools → 0
Candidate hypernym: erosion: (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it) → 0