puttyroot vs orchid

puttyroot and orchid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
puttyroot	Yes	No	No	No
orchid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, orchid is a hypernym of puttyroot; that is, orchid is a word with a broader meaning than puttyroot:

puttyroot: North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers
orchid: any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

Other hypernyms of puttyroot include orchidaceous plant.

puttyroot (noun)	orchid (noun)
North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers	any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors