xerophile vs agave

xerophile and agave both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
xerophile	Yes	No	No	No
agave	Yes	No	No	No

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

xerophile: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
agave: tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber

Other hyponyms of xerophile include American aloe, century plant.

xerophile (noun)	agave (noun)
plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte	tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber