Manioc Definition & Meaning
manioc
- noun
- a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
- cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
- cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
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