Dacridium laxifolius vs shrub

Dacridium laxifolius and shrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Dacridium laxifolius	Yes	No	No	No
shrub	Yes	No	No	No

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

Dacridium laxifolius: low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of Dacridium laxifolius include bush.

Dacridium laxifolius (noun)	shrub (noun)
low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems