Term: desertification: the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land
Candidate hypernym: geological process: (geology) a natural process whereby geological features are modified → 1
Candidate hypernym: barking frog: of southwest United States and Mexico; call is like a dog's bark → 0
Candidate hypernym: crab: decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers → 0
Candidate hypernym: shirred egg: egg cooked individually in cream or butter in a small ramekin → 0
Candidate hypernym: chickweed phlox: low mat-forming herb of rocky places in United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: flash: a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification → 0
Candidate hypernym: hemipterous insect: insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis → 0
Candidate hypernym: lean-to tent: tent that is attached to the side of a building → 0
Candidate hypernym: toucan: brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak → 0
Candidate hypernym: cameo: engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring) → 0
Candidate hypernym: local option: freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction → 0