possumwood vs persimmon

possumwood and persimmon both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
possumwood	Yes	No	No	No
persimmon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, persimmon is a hypernym of possumwood; that is, persimmon is a word with a broader meaning than possumwood:

possumwood: medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe
persimmon: any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

Other hypernyms of possumwood include persimmon tree.

possumwood (noun)	persimmon (noun)
medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe	orange fruit resembling a plum; edible when fully ripe
	any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros