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UK
/mˈænɪˌɒk/
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[ US /ˈmæniˌɑk/ ]
[ US /ˈmæniˌɑk/ ]
NOUN
- cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
- cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
- a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
How To Use manioc In A Sentence
- The starch component, which is referred to as ‘real food,’ is usually taro, yams, sweet potatoes, or manioc but may consist of tree crops such as breadfruit, bananas, and nuts.
- Another downside is the plant's relatively short growing season; manioc, peanuts, and potatoes, in contrast, provide cash flow throughout the year.
- Plantains and manioc are important foods in much of the country, especially the north and the Mosquitia.
- We passed southwards over large tracts of bush and gramineous plants, with patches of small plantations, manioc and thur; and settlements girt by calabash-trees, cocoas, palmyra and oil palms. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
- The growing and processing of manioc into cassava bread and farina was once a major subsistence activity, but now wheat bread is widely available from local bakeries.
- Traditional rural staples are sweet potatoes, manioc, yams, corn, rice, pigeon peas, cowpeas, bread, and coffee.
- Bananas, pineapples, taro, peanuts, manioc, cassava, rice, and bread are the staples.
- Those who live in the Barotse valley cultivate in addition the sugar-cane, sweet potato, and manioc (‘Jatropha manihot’). Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
- Traditional rural staples are sweet potatoes, manioc, yams, corn, rice, pigeon peas, cowpeas, bread, and coffee.
- The agricultural products are sugar, rice, manioc, cocoa, vegetables, and bananas.