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manioc
noun(man-i-oc)
cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
Synonyms: cassava,
manioc
noun(man-i-oc)
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,
manioc
noun(man-i-oc)
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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