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manioc

DEFINITIONS OF: manioc

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

Synonyms:
Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant
Type of:
casava, cassava
any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

n cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

Synonyms:
cassava
Type of:
root
(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

n a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

Synonyms:
cassava, cassava starch, manioca
Type of:
amylum, starch
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
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