fruit tree vs flowering tree

fruit tree and flowering tree both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fruit tree	Yes	No	No	No
flowering tree	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, flowering tree is a hypernym of fruit tree; that is, flowering tree is a word with a broader meaning than fruit tree:

Other hypernyms of fruit tree include angiospermous tree.

fruit tree (noun)	flowering tree (noun)
tree bearing edible fruit	any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary