plant vs non-flowering plant

non-flowering plant vs plant

plant and non-flowering plant both are nouns.

plant is a verb but non-flowering plant is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plant	Yes	No	Yes	No
non-flowering plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, non-flowering plant is a hyponym of plant; that is, non-flowering plant is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plant:

plant: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
non-flowering plant: a plant that does not bear flowers

Other hyponyms of plant include phytoplankton, microflora, crop, holophyte, plantlet, wilding, ornamental, pot plant, acrogen, apomict, aquatic, cryptogam, annual, biennial, perennial, escape, hygrophyte, neophyte, embryo, monocarp, monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant, sporophyte, gametophyte, houseplant, garden plant, tracheophyte, vascular plant, poisonous plant, aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, rock plant, autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism, myrmecophyte.

plant (noun)	non-flowering plant (noun)
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion	a plant that does not bear flowers
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
something planted secretly for discovery by another
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

plant (verb)	non-flowering plant (verb)
put firmly in the mind
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
fix or set securely or deeply
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
set up or lay the groundwork for
place into a river

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