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Manioc   /mˈæniˌɑk/   Listen
Manioc

noun
(Written also mandioc, manihoc, manihot)
1.
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.
2.
Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca.  Synonym: cassava.
3.
Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.  Synonyms: bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant.






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Words linked to "Manioc" :   casava, cassava, starch, tapioca, root, cassiri, amylum, mandioca



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