plant vs ornamental

ornamental vs plant

plant and ornamental both are nouns.

plant is not an adjective while ornamental is an adjective.

plant is a verb but ornamental is not a verb.

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

plant: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
ornamental: any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value

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

plant (noun)	ornamental (noun)
buildings for carrying on industrial labor	any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
something planted secretly for discovery by another

plant (adjective)	ornamental (adjective)
	serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose

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

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