Term: black salsify: perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots
Candidate hypernym: object: a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow → 1
Candidate hypernym: cause of death: the causal agent resulting in death → 0
Candidate hypernym: backband: a broad band that passes over the back of a horse and supports the shafts of a vehicle → 0
Candidate hypernym: scatter: a haphazard distribution in all directions → 0
Candidate hypernym: sporozoan: parasitic spore-forming protozoan → 0
Candidate hypernym: hinduism: a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils → 0
Candidate hypernym: captain: a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers → 0
Candidate hypernym: fleet: group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership → 0
Candidate hypernym: 1830s: the decade from 1830 to 1839 → 0
Candidate hypernym: firebase: an artillery base to support advancing troops → 0
Candidate hypernym: copernicia: slow-growing tropical fan palms → 0