century plant vs xerophile

century plant and xerophile both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
century plant	Yes	No	No	No
xerophile	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, xerophile is a hypernym of century plant; that is, xerophile is a word with a broader 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
xerophile: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

Other hypernyms of century plant include desert plant, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant.

century plant (noun)	xerophile (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