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manioc::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cassava, cassava starch, manioca |
| Type of | starch, amylum |
manioc::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, tapioca plant |
| Type of | casava, cassava |
Examples of manioc
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The stew is typically served over farofa, which is toasted manioc flour, or rice.
From the boston.com
The Tembe live by hunting, collecting nuts and growing manioc and other vegetables.
From the bloomberg.com
To augment this income, he grows rice, bananas, beans and manioc, or cassava.
From the washingtonpost.com
Their bananas, beans, corn, manioc and watermelons lie ruined under the muddy water.
From the dailyherald.com
So hot that the new cash crop in mid-America will soon be bananas or manioc.
From the kentucky.com
Cyanogenous clycosides can be found in manioc, which is a main food plant in Africa.
From the sciencedaily.com
The Trumai are agriculturists, growing primarily manioc, peppers, and beans.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Other important crops include manioc, corn, potatoes, peppers, and bananas.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Manioc and corn are New World transplants introduced during the Atlantic European trade.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Cassava: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
- Bitter cassava: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
- Cassava (Manihot esculenta), also called yuca or manioc, is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) native to South America. Cassava is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates. ...
- A root with a crisp white flesh. There are two main categories of manioc: sweet and bitter. Bitter maniocs are toxic until cooked. Manioc is used to make "cassreep" and "tapioca." Also called "cassava."
- One of staple crops of sedentary agriculturists in the Americas; principal crop of peoples of the lowlands of South America and the islands of the Caribbean. (p. 201)
