century plant vs bear grass

bear grass vs century plant

century plant and bear grass both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
century plant	Yes	No	No	No
bear grass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bear grass is a hyponym of century plant; that is, bear grass is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than century plant:

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
bear grass: stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

Other hyponyms of century plant include Agave americana, American agave, Agave sisalana, sisal, Agave cantala, cantala, maguey, Agave atrovirens, maguey, Agave tequilana, dracaena, Nolina microcarpa, bowstring hemp, sansevieria.

century plant (noun)	bear grass (noun)
tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber	stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
	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

Difference between century plant and bear grass

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