MANIOCA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

cassava; cassava starch; manioc; manioca

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("manioca" 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 ("manioca" is a substance of...):

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

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