| 单词 | manioc |
| 释义 | manioc (once / 19504 pages) n WORD FAMILY manioc: maniocs USAGE EXAMPLESHe believes there are around 300 people in the tribe, who farm bananas, sweet potato, manioc and peanuts, as well as hunting and fishing. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) The “sour starch” is manioc flour, which is derived from an indigenous tuberous root of the same name, also known as cassava. New York Times(Aug 13, 2016) Street vendors sell manioc for less, about 200 bolivars per pound, but Linares said the quality is inferior. Los Angeles Times(May 31, 2016) 1n cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca Syn|Hyper Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant casava, cassava any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch 2n cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca Syn|Hyper cassava 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 3n a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics Syn|Hyper cassava, cassava starch, manioca 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 |
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