MANIOC

• (noun) 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

• (noun) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

  synonyms : cassava

• (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 , manioca

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