agave vs desert plant

agave and desert plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
agave	Yes	No	No	No
desert plant	Yes	No	No	No

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

agave: 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 agave include xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant.

agave (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