smooth sumac vs sumach

smooth sumac and sumach both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
smooth sumac	Yes	No	No	No
sumach	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of smooth sumac include shumac, sumac.

smooth sumac (noun)	sumach (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)