American aloe vs desert plant

American aloe and desert plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
American aloe	Yes	No	No	No
desert plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, desert plant is a hypernym of American aloe; that is, desert plant is a word with a broader meaning than American aloe:

American aloe: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
desert plant: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

Other hypernyms of American aloe include xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant.

American aloe (noun)	desert plant (noun)
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber	plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte