NOUN | substance | manioca, cassava, cassava starch, manioc | a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant |
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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, manioc | |
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 |
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