Manioc (Noun)
Meaning 1
A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.
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Nouns denoting substances.
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Meaning 2
Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca.
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Nouns denoting plants.
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Meaning 3
Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.
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Nouns denoting plants.