manioc meaning and definition

MANIOC noun

Definition of manioc (noun)

1. 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
2. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
   • synonyms: cassava
3. 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