tapioca plant vs mandioca

tapioca plant and mandioca both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tapioca plant	Yes	No	No	No
mandioca	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tapioca plant and mandioca are synonyms defined as:

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

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

tapioca plant (noun)	mandioca (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