NOUN | substance | manioc, cassava, cassava starch, manioca | a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant |
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plant | manioc, cassava | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching | |
plant | manioc, bitter cassava, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima | cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems |
Sounds | mae'niyaa.k | |
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Rhymes | aftershock ... woodcock: 87 rhymes with aak... |
Meaning | 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 | |
Broader | starch, amylum | A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice |
Substance of | tapioca | granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings |
Spanish | casabe, casava, mandioca, yuca | |
Catalan | cassava, mandioca, tapioca, yuca |
Meaning | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca. | |
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Synonym | cassava | |
Part of | bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima | cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems |
Broader | root | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes |
Substances | tapioca | granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings |
Meaning | 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 | bitter cassava, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima | |
Parts | cassava, manioc | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching |
Broader | cassava, casava | Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch |
Substances | cassiri | A drink resembling beer |
Spanish | gari, mandioca, Manihot utilissima | |
Catalan | gari, mandioca, Manihot esculenta |
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