varnish tree vs flowering tree

varnish tree and flowering tree both are nouns.

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

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

varnish tree: large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
flowering tree: any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

Other hypernyms of varnish tree include angiospermous tree.

varnish tree (noun)	flowering tree (noun)
large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles	any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained