Manioc - Definition

n 1: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the
cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the
tropics [syn: cassava, cassava starch, manioc,
manioca]
2: cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and
leaching; source of tapioca [syn: cassava, manioc]
3: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle
stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating
drink) and tapioca [syn: bitter cassava, manioc,
mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot
esculenta, Manihot utilissima]