manioca

man·i·oc  (mn-k) also man·i·o·ca (mn-k)

n.

See cassava.

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[French, from Tupi mandioca, manioca.]

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manioca - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics cassava, cassava starch, manioc tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings amylum, starch - a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles