Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mandioc"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mandioc \Man"di*oc\, Mandioca \Man`di*o"ca\, n. (Bot.)
See {Manioc}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Manioc \Ma"ni*oc\, n. [Pg. mandioca, fr. Braz.] (Bot.)
The tropical plants ({Manihot utilissima}, and {M. Aipi}),
from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
[Written also {mandioc}, {manihoc}, {manihot}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mandioc
n : cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle
stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating
drink) and tapioca [syn: {bitter cassava}, {manioc}, {mandioca},
{tapioca plant}, {gari}, {Manihot esculenta}, {Manihot
utilissima}]
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