Term: provitamin a: an orange isomer of an unsaturated hydrocarbon found in many plants; is converted into vitamin A in the liver
Candidate hypernym: compound: (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight → 1
Candidate hypernym: ectopistes: a genus of Columbidae → 0
Candidate hypernym: micropaleontology: the paleontology of microfossils → 0
Candidate hypernym: ileocecal valve: valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine; prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine → 0
Candidate hypernym: hominoidea: anthropoid apes and human beings → 0
Candidate hypernym: channidae: snakeheads → 0
Candidate hypernym: actinidia: small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: universal agent: someone authorized to transact every kind of business for the principal → 0
Candidate hypernym: thwack: a hard blow with a flat object → 0
Candidate hypernym: demographer: a scientist who studies the growth and density of populations and their vital statistics → 0
Candidate hypernym: megalomania: a psychological state characterized by delusions of grandeur → 0