maguey vs century plant

maguey and century plant both are nouns.

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

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

maguey: Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine
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 hypernyms of maguey include agave, American aloe.

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

maguey: Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal
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 hypernyms of maguey include agave, American aloe.

maguey (noun)	century plant (noun)
Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine	tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal