Medicago falcata vs medic

Medicago falcata and medic both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Medicago falcata	Yes	No	No	No
medic	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, medic is a hypernym of Medicago falcata; that is, medic is a word with a broader meaning than Medicago falcata:

Medicago falcata: European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods
medic: any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves

Other hypernyms of Medicago falcata include medick, trefoil.

Medicago falcata (noun)	medic (noun)
European medic naturalized in North America having yellow flowers and sickle-shaped pods	a medical practitioner in the armed forces
	any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves