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    MANIOC

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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 ("manioc" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (parts of "manioc"):

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

    Meronyms (substance of "manioc"):

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

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapiocaplay

    Synonyms:

    cassava; manioc

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("manioc" is a kind of...):

    root ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

    Meronyms (substance of "manioc"):

    tapioca (granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings)

    Holonyms ("manioc" is a part of...):

    bitter cassava; gari; mandioc; mandioca; Manihot esculenta; Manihot utilissima; manioc; tapioca plant (cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropicsplay

    Synonyms:

    cassava; cassava starch; manioc; manioca

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("manioc" is a kind of...):

    amylum; starch (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)

    Holonyms ("manioc" is a substance of...):

    tapioca (granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings)

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