bitter manioc

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• bitter cassava — noun cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca • Syn: ↑manioc, ↑mandioc, ↑mandioca, ↑tapioca plant, ↑gari, ↑Manihot esculenta, ↑Manihot utilissima …   Useful english dictionary

• manioc — Cassava Cas sa*va (k[a^]s s[.a]*v[.a]), n. [F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in the language of Haiti.] 1. (Bot.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus {Manihot}, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; called also {manioc}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• mandioca — noun cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca • Syn: ↑bitter cassava, ↑manioc, ↑mandioc, ↑tapioca plant, ↑gari, ↑Manihot esculenta, ↑Manihot utilissima …   Useful english dictionary