Term: gram's method: a staining technique used to classify bacteria; bacteria are stained with gentian violet and then treated with Gram's solution; after being decolorized with alcohol and treated with safranine and washed in water, those that retain the gentian violet are Gram-positive and those that do not retain it are Gram-negative
Candidate hypernym: change: the action of changing something → 1
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Candidate hypernym: schnapps: any of various strong liquors especially a Dutch spirit distilled from potatoes → 0
Candidate hypernym: mess of pottage: anything of trivial value → 0
Candidate hypernym: excavator: a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying → 0
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Candidate hypernym: hibernation: the torpid or resting state in which some animals pass the winter → 0
Candidate hypernym: coryphaena equisetis: a kind of dolphinfish → 0
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