manioc
nounThe cassava-plant or its product.
nounThe tropical plants (
The tropical plant,
A food starch prepared from the root.
nouncassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
nouna starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
nouncassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca