genus Zoysia vs monocot genus

genus Zoysia and monocot genus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
genus Zoysia	Yes	No	No	No
monocot genus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, monocot genus is a hypernym of genus Zoysia; that is, monocot genus is a word with a broader meaning than genus Zoysia:

genus Zoysia: lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions
monocot genus: genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed

Other hypernyms of genus Zoysia include liliopsid genus.

genus Zoysia (noun)	monocot genus (noun)
lawn grasses native to southeastern Asia and New Zealand; grown especially in warm regions	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed