Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The cassava-plant or its product.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The tropical plants (
Manihot utilissima , andManihot Aipi ), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable, uncountable The tropical plant,
Manihot esculenta , from which cassava and tapioca are prepared. - noun uncountable
Cassava root, eaten as a food. - noun uncountable A food starch prepared from the root.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
- noun a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
- noun cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For Oguamanam: The problem also extends to agricultural research — better manioc is underfunded.
Archive 2009-03-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Like, manioc is not toxic if you bleach it five times, or acorn meal has to be boiled a certain amount of time before it make a mush that won't give you diarrhea?
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE Maggie Jochild 2007
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"We don’t want to find out that Ceren was unique in manioc cultivation," said Sheets.
CU-Boulder Discovers First Ancient Manioc Fields in Americas | Impact Lab 2007
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Cassava (also known as manioc or yuca, among other names) originated in South America, but most of the shrubs are now cultivated in Africa.
Megan Baaske: How Cultures Around The World Consume Dangerous Foods Daily With No Worries 2009
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As for fufu, it is a type of thick porridge/polenta originally made from starchy roots manioc aka cassave and yams fi, these were grated and/or pounded.
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Tapioca Tapioca, derived from the root of a tropical plant known as manioc or cassava Manihot esculenta, p. 305, is a root starch used mostly in puddings.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Tapioca Tapioca, derived from the root of a tropical plant known as manioc or cassava Manihot esculenta, p. 305, is a root starch used mostly in puddings.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Are you aware that a plant called manioc supplies the starchy food of about one-half the population of tropical America?
Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science Grant Allen 1873
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The first basket was filled with root vegetables like manioc, which is ground into flour and used to make foufou, the basic starch in the Central African diet.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The first basket was filled with root vegetables like manioc, which is ground into flour and used to make foufou, the basic starch in the Central African diet.
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