mesquit vs shrub

mesquit and shrub both are nouns.

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

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

mesquit: any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar
shrub: a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Other hypernyms of mesquit include bush.

mesquit (noun)	shrub (noun)
any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems