| mandioc | (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, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant |
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| 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 |
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| (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 |