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1. n. The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
2. n. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
3. n. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
4. n. cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
5. The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.[Written also mandioc, manihoc, manihot.]
6. The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), fromwhich cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.[Written alsomandioc, manihoc, manihot.]
7. n:100 n a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics n cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca n cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca