desert plant vs vascular plant

desert plant and vascular plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
desert plant	Yes	No	No	No
vascular plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, vascular plant is a hypernym of desert plant; that is, vascular plant is a word with a broader meaning than desert plant:

desert plant: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
vascular plant: green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

Other hypernyms of desert plant include tracheophyte.

desert plant (noun)	vascular plant (noun)
plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte	green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms