Cleome pinnata vs suffrutex

Cleome pinnata and suffrutex both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Cleome pinnata	Yes	No	No	No
suffrutex	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, suffrutex is a hypernym of Cleome pinnata; that is, suffrutex is a word with a broader meaning than Cleome pinnata:

Cleome pinnata: perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
suffrutex: low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

Other hypernyms of Cleome pinnata include subshrub.

Cleome pinnata (noun)	suffrutex (noun)
perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome	low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base