Aralia hispida vs subshrub

Aralia hispida and subshrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Aralia hispida	Yes	No	No	No
subshrub	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, subshrub is a hypernym of Aralia hispida; that is, subshrub is a word with a broader meaning than Aralia hispida:

Aralia hispida: bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
subshrub: low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

Other hypernyms of Aralia hispida include suffrutex.

Aralia hispida (noun)	subshrub (noun)
bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark	low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base