Manioc
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The cassava-plant or its product.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The tropical plants (
Manihot utilissima
, and
Manihot Aipi
), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The tropical plant,
Manihot
esculenta
, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared.
noun.
Cassava
root, eaten as a food.
noun.
A food starch prepared from the root.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
noun.
a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
noun.
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
Word Usage
"For Oguamanam: The problem also extends to agricultural research — better manioc is underfunded."