manioc (redirected from maniocs)

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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manioc [ˈmænɪˌɒk], manioca [ˌmænɪˈəʊkə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for cassava [1]

[from Tupi mandioca; earlier form manihot from French, from Guarani mandio]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	manioc - 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, manioca 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
	2.	manioc - cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca cassava tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant, manioc - cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
	3.	manioc - cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant cassiri - a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice casava, cassava - any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch cassava, manioc - cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

Translations

manioc [ˈmænɪɒk] N → mandioca f, yuca f

manioc

n → Maniok m