agave vs xerophyte

agave and xerophyte both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
agave	Yes	No	No	No
xerophyte	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

agave (noun)	xerophyte (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