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Manioc Definition & Meaning

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

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What does manioc mean?
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
What part of speech is manioc?
Manioc is a noun.
How many definitions does manioc have?
Manioc has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).

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