Viscum album vs parasitic plant

Viscum album and parasitic plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Viscum album	Yes	No	No	No
parasitic plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, parasitic plant is a hypernym of Viscum album; that is, parasitic plant is a word with a broader meaning than Viscum album:

Viscum album: Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
parasitic plant: plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it

Viscum album (noun)	parasitic plant (noun)
Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas	plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it