Term: yam: any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
Candidate hypernym: vine: a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface → 1
Candidate hypernym: adjuration: a solemn and earnest appeal to someone to do something → 0
Candidate hypernym: corner: (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone → 0
Candidate hypernym: linguistic process: the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication → 0
Candidate hypernym: redcap: a member of the military police in Britain → 0
Candidate hypernym: frieze: a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap → 0
Candidate hypernym: strike: a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball → 0
Candidate hypernym: acrocarp: a moss in which the main axis is terminated by the archegonium (and hence the capsule) → 0
Candidate hypernym: teredinidae: shipworms → 0
Candidate hypernym: otosclerosis: hereditary disorder in which ossification of the labyrinth of the inner ear causes tinnitus and eventual deafness → 0
Candidate hypernym: street cleaner: a worker employed to clean streets (especially one employed by a municipal sanitation department) → 0