English noun: tapioca plant | |||
1. | tapioca plant (plant) cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | ||
Synonyms | bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc | ||
Broader (hypernym) | casava, cassava | ||
Part holonym | cassava, manioc | ||
Substance holonym | cassiri | ||