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Manioc   /mˈæniˌɑk/   Listen
Manioc

noun
(Written also mandioc, manihoc, manihot)
1.
A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.  Synonyms: cassava, cassava starch, manioca.
2.
Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca.  Synonym: cassava.
3.
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, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant.





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... iron ore, phosphates, feldspar, bauxite, uranium, and gold;, fish processing; food processing; brewing; tobacco; sugar; textiles; cement; basic metal products Agriculture: cash crops - coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, sugar cane, manioc, tobacco; food crops - cassava, corn, vegetables, plantains, bananas; livestock production accounts for 20%, fishing 4%, forestry 2% of total agricultural output; disruptions caused by civil war and marketing deficiencies require food imports Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im ...
— The 1993 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Manioc" :   tapioca, root, cassiri, starch, casava, amylum


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