pitch apple vs strangler tree

pitch apple and strangler tree both are nouns.

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

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

pitch apple: a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
strangler tree: 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.

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