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English noun: manioc | |||
| 1. | manioc (substance) 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, manioca | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amylum, starch | ||
| Substance meronym | tapioca | ||
| 2. | manioc (plant) cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | ||
| Synonyms | cassava | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | root | ||
| Part meronym | bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant | ||
| Substance holonym | tapioca | ||
| 3. | manioc (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, tapioca plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | casava, cassava | ||
| Part holonym | cassava, manioc | ||
| Substance holonym | cassiri | ||
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