manioc

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the tropical plant Manihot esculenta, cultivated for its large starchy roots

   Farmers planted manioc between the rows of young banana trees.

2. 2
   noun

   the edible root or starch obtained from this plant after suitable processing

   The travelers ate manioc with beans for breakfast.

Borrowed from French manioc, through Portuguese mandioca, ultimately from Old Tupi mani'oka, the Indigenous name for cassava. Manihot is a related New Latin form from the same source.

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