snake wood vs flowering tree

snake wood and flowering tree both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
snake wood	Yes	No	No	No
flowering tree	Yes	No	No	No

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

snake wood: tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems
flowering tree: any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

Other hypernyms of snake wood include angiospermous tree.

snake wood (noun)	flowering tree (noun)
tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems	any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary