Manioc
Definition of Manioc
- 1. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics Noun
- 2. Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca Noun
- 3. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca Noun