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 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]