Hakea laurina vs shrub

Hakea laurina and shrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Hakea laurina	Yes	No	No	No
shrub	Yes	No	No	No

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

Hakea laurina: tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of Hakea laurina include bush.

Hakea laurina (noun)	shrub (noun)
tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems