kahikatea vs conifer

kahikatea and conifer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kahikatea	Yes	No	No	No
conifer	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, conifer is a hypernym of kahikatea; that is, conifer is a word with a broader meaning than kahikatea:

Other hypernyms of kahikatea include coniferous tree.

kahikatea (noun)	conifer (noun)
New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood	any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones