man·i·oc /ˈmæniˌɑk/
樹薯,樹薯粉
Ma·ni·oc n. Bot. The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and Manihot Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava. [Written also mandioc, manihoc, manihot.]
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manioc
n 1: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava
plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the
tropics [syn: cassava, cassava starch, manioca]
2: cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and
leaching; source of tapioca [syn: cassava]
3: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle
stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating
drink) and tapioca [syn: bitter cassava, mandioc, mandioca,
tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot
utilissima]