Desmodium motorium vs shrub

Desmodium motorium and shrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Desmodium motorium	Yes	No	No	No
shrub	Yes	No	No	No

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

Desmodium motorium: erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of Desmodium motorium include bush.

Desmodium motorium (noun)	shrub (noun)
erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems