shellflower vs marsh plant

marsh plant vs shellflower

shellflower and marsh plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
shellflower	Yes	No	No	No
marsh plant	Yes	No	No	No

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

shellflower: showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
marsh plant: a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath

Other hypernyms of shellflower include bog plant, swamp plant.

shellflower (noun)	marsh plant (noun)
showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple	a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes

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