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    MANIHOT ESCULENTA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapiocaplay

    Synonyms:

    bitter cassava; gari; mandioc; mandioca; Manihot esculenta; Manihot utilissima; manioc; tapioca plant

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Manihot esculenta" is a kind of...):

    casava; cassava (any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch)

    Meronyms (parts of "Manihot esculenta"):

    cassava; manioc (cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca)

    Meronyms (substance of "Manihot esculenta"):

    cassiri (a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice)

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