Acer spicatum vs maple

Acer spicatum and maple both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Acer spicatum	Yes	No	No	No
maple	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, maple is a hypernym of Acer spicatum; that is, maple is a word with a broader meaning than Acer spicatum:

Acer spicatum: small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn
maple: any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

Acer spicatum (noun)	maple (noun)
small shrubby maple of eastern North America; scarlet in autumn	any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone
	wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring