Meaning of MANIOC
| Pronunciation: | | 'manee`âk
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- [n] cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
- [n] cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
- [n] 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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| | Synonyms: | | bitter cassava, cassava, cassava starch, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioca, tapioca plant |
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| | See Also: | | amylum, casava, cassava, cassiri, manioc, root, starch, tapioca, tapioca | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ma"ni*oc\, n. [Pg. mandioca, fr. Braz.] (Bot.)
The tropical plants ({Manihot utilissima}, and {M. Aipi}),
from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
[Written also {mandioc}, {manihoc}, {manihot}.]
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