manioca

Definitions of manioca
  1. noun
    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, manioc
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    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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