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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. Synonyms: bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant.

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"Mandioca" Quotes from Famous Books

... liberally, and looked fat and healthy. For breakfast they have coffee and bread; for dinner, fresh pork alternately with dried beef, and black beans (the staple food of the poor of this country); and for supper they have coffee, bread, and mandioca, or tapioca. ...

— A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' • Annie Allnut Brassey

Words linked to "Mandioca" : cassava, casava, cassiri