The naming does indeed matter here. The concept of general intelligence is filled with pseudo-science and has a history of racism (see Mismeasure of Man by Stephen J. Gould). Non-linear statistical inference with very large matrices could be assigned intelligence as it is very useful, but it is by no means the same type of intelligence we ascribe to humans (or even dogs for that matter).

If your plant actually looks like a moss you probably shouldn’t call it a rose. (Even though your moss is actually quite amazing).