skunk-weed vs polemonium

skunk-weed and polemonium both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
skunk-weed	Yes	No	No	No
polemonium	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, polemonium is a hypernym of skunk-weed; that is, polemonium is a word with a broader meaning than skunk-weed:

skunk-weed: tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell
polemonium: any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions

skunk-weed (noun)	polemonium (noun)
tall herb of the Rocky Mountains having sticky leaves and an offensive smell	any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions