possumwood vs persimmon tree

possumwood and persimmon tree both are nouns.

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

As nouns, persimmon tree is a hypernym of possumwood; that is, persimmon tree 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 tree: any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros

Other hypernyms of possumwood include persimmon.

possumwood (noun)	persimmon tree (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	any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros