WordCmp.com

desert plant vs century plant

century plant vs desert plant

desert plant and century plant both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
desert plant Yes No No No
century plant Yes No No No
As nouns, century plant is a hyponym of desert plant; that is, century plant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than desert plant:
  • desert plant: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
  • 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 hyponyms of desert plant include agave, American aloe.
desert plant (noun) century plant (noun)
plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Difference between desert plant and century plant

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.