dhal vs shrub

dhal and shrub both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dhal	Yes	No	No	No
shrub	Yes	No	No	No

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

dhal: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of dhal include bush.

dhal (noun)	shrub (noun)
tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems