type; type of

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It's supposed to show semantic relations of type. For example, under the headword 'tree', you find 'oak' listed as a type of tree, and 'ligneous plant' listed as what a tree is a type of.

It seems they do this for all words, not just nouns, which I think is questionable.
 
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