touch-me-not vs herbaceous plant

herbaceous plant vs touch-me-not

touch-me-not and herbaceous plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
touch-me-not	Yes	No	No	No
herbaceous plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, herbaceous plant is a hypernym of touch-me-not; that is, herbaceous plant is a word with a broader meaning than touch-me-not:

touch-me-not: North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil
herbaceous plant: a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Other hypernyms of touch-me-not include herb.

touch-me-not (noun)	herbaceous plant (noun)
North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil	a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled

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