Manioc

Quick meaning: Manioc is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.
2. (uncountable) A food starch prepared from the root.

Example Sentences

Manioc was first reported being grown on the mainland in 1635 at the Portuguese post at Bissau.

Ground manioc (cassava) is mixed with water and pressed through tube woven from palm fibers to remove toxic cyanogenic compounds.

She made manioc pie, got water, got wild banana leaves and pounded manioc. She made the earth oven and later she opened and took out the manioc pie.

Manioc gives the highest yield of starch per hectare of any known crop; some 90% of the fabric of the crop can be regarded as potentially fermentable carbohydrate.

Word Forms

• maniocs
• manioca
• mandioc
• manihoc
• manihot

Synonyms for manioc

Depending on context, synonyms include cassava, tapioca, mandioca, gari, mandioc, manioca.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cassava, manioca, mandioc, mandioca, gari, manihoc.

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