beggar's lice vs suffrutex

beggar's lice and suffrutex both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
beggar's lice	Yes	No	No	No
suffrutex	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, suffrutex is a hypernym of beggar's lice; that is, suffrutex is a word with a broader meaning than beggar's lice:

beggar's lice: any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments
suffrutex: low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

Other hypernyms of beggar's lice include subshrub.

beggar's lice (noun)	suffrutex (noun)
Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing	low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments