Century plant and Desert plant

Century plant noun - Tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber.

Desert plant and century plant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Desert plant" instead a noun phrase "Century plant".

Desert plant noun - Plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte.

Century plant and desert plant are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Century plant" with "Desert plant", this phrases are similar.