manioc | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | |
Synonyms: | cassava | |
Related terms: | root bitter_cassava tapioca | |
2. | [ noun ] (chemistry) 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_starch manioca cassava | |
Related terms: | starch tapioca | |
3. | [ noun ] (botany) cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | |
Synonyms: | mandioc mandioca tapioca_plant gari Manihot_esculenta Manihot_utilissima bitter_cassava | |
Related terms: | cassava cassava cassiri | |
Similar spelling: |
manioca manic Manigo maniac manichee Manzo Manzi Manso Mansi Manns Manis mango Mains Maynez Maynes Mannix Mance Maines Mahnke |