scarlet sumac vs sumac

scarlet sumac and sumac both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scarlet sumac	Yes	No	No	No
sumac	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sumac is a hypernym of scarlet sumac; that is, sumac is a word with a broader meaning than scarlet sumac:

scarlet sumac: common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries
sumac: a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)

Other hypernyms of scarlet sumac include shumac, sumach.

scarlet sumac (noun)	sumac (noun)
common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with waxy compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries	a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)
	wood of a sumac