sword lily vs bulbous iris

bulbous iris vs sword lily

sword lily and bulbous iris both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sword lily	Yes	No	No	No
bulbous iris	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bulbous iris is a hyponym of sword lily; that is, bulbous iris is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sword lily:

sword lily: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
bulbous iris: any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb

Other hyponyms of sword lily include bearded iris, beardless iris, dwarf iris, Iris cristata, gladdon, gladdon iris, Iris foetidissima, roast beef plant, stinking gladwyn, stinking iris, Iris persica, Persian iris, Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag, yellow iris, yellow water flag, dwarf iris, Iris verna, vernal iris, blue flag, Iris versicolor, Iris virginica, southern blue flag, English iris, Iris xiphioides.

sword lily (noun)	bulbous iris (noun)
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals	any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb
any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated

Difference between sword lily and bulbous iris

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