pitch apple vs strangler

pitch apple and strangler both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pitch apple	Yes	No	No	No
strangler	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, strangler is a hypernym of pitch apple; that is, strangler is a word with a broader meaning than pitch apple:

pitch apple: a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
strangler: an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

Other hypernyms of pitch apple include strangler tree.

pitch apple (noun)	strangler (noun)
a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers	someone who kills by strangling
	an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree