xerophile vs century plant

xerophile and century plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
xerophile	Yes	No	No	No
century plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, century plant is a hyponym of xerophile; that is, century plant 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
century plant: 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 agave, American aloe.

xerophile (noun)	century plant (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

xerophile vs century plant

xerophile and century plant both are nouns.

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