agave vs xerophilous plant

agave and xerophilous plant both are nouns.

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

As nouns, xerophilous plant is a hypernym of agave; that is, xerophilous 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
xerophilous plant: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

Other hypernyms of agave include desert plant, xerophile, xerophyte, xerophytic plant.

agave (noun)	xerophilous 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