Bassia scoparia vs shrub

Bassia scoparia and shrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Bassia scoparia	Yes	No	No	No
shrub	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, shrub is a hypernym of Bassia scoparia; that is, shrub is a word with a broader meaning than Bassia scoparia:

Bassia scoparia: densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of Bassia scoparia include bush.

Bassia scoparia (noun)	shrub (noun)
densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems