manioc
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(noun) cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca |
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Synonyms: Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant |
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Related Words: casava, cassava |
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(noun) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca |
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Synonyms: cassava |
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Related Words: root |
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(noun) 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: cassava, cassava starch, manioca |
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Related Words: amylum, starch |
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