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manioc

[ UK /mˈænɪˌɒk/ ]
[ US /ˈmæniˌɑk/ ]
NOUN
  1. cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
  2. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
  3. 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.
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