Manihot esculenta vs tapioca plant

Manihot esculenta and tapioca plant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Manihot esculenta	Yes	No	No	No
tapioca plant	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Manihot esculenta and tapioca plant are synonyms defined as:

Manihot esculenta and tapioca plant: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca

Other synonyms of Manihot esculenta include bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot utilissima, manioc.

Manihot esculenta (noun)	tapioca plant (noun)
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca	cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca