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manioca

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man·i·oc   (mān'ē-ŏk')   
n.  See cassava.

[French, from Tupi mandioca, manioca.]
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manioca

noun
a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics [syn: cassava
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