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bear grass vs century plant

century plant vs bear grass

bear grass and century plant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bear grass Yes No No No
century plant Yes No No No
As nouns, century plant is a hypernym of bear grass; that is, century plant is a word with a broader meaning than bear grass:
  • bear grass: stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
  • century plant: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Other hypernyms of bear grass include agave, American aloe.
bear grass (noun) century plant (noun)
stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers
plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers
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