Term: self-fertilization: fertilization by the union of male and female gametes from the same individual
Candidate hypernym: fertilization: creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant → 1
Candidate hypernym: hydrogen bomb: a nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light (hydrogen) nuclei at high temperatures to form helium → 0
Candidate hypernym: reincarnation: the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions → 0
Candidate hypernym: wild cherry: the fruit of the wild cherry tree → 0
Candidate hypernym: torsion balance: measuring instrument designed to measure small forces by the torsion they exert on a thin wire → 0
Candidate hypernym: doorkeeper: someone who guards an entrance → 0
Candidate hypernym: graviton: a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles → 0
Candidate hypernym: logic programming: creating a program that enables the computer to reason logically → 0
Candidate hypernym: hollandaise: eggs and butter with lemon juice → 0
Candidate hypernym: dot: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code → 0
Candidate hypernym: bottom: a cargo ship → 0