downy bromegrass vs bromegrass

downy bromegrass and bromegrass both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
downy bromegrass	Yes	No	No	No
bromegrass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bromegrass is a hypernym of downy bromegrass; that is, bromegrass is a word with a broader meaning than downy bromegrass:

downy bromegrass: annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
bromegrass: any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions

Other hypernyms of downy bromegrass include brome.

downy bromegrass (noun)	bromegrass (noun)
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean	any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions