mandioc
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca • Syn: bitter cassava, manioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima • Hypernyms: cassava, casava • Substance Meronyms: cassiri • Part Meronyms: cassava, manioc
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