manioc – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
manioc
n.
cassava, type of edible plant that grows in tropical regions and is used in high-starch diets (native to Africa, Asia and South America)
Cassava
Manihot esculenta (
commonly called cassava ,
Brazilian arrowroot,
manioc, and
tapioca) is a woody
shrub native to
South America of the
spurge family,
Euphorbiaceae. It is extensively cultivated as an annual
crop in
tropical and
subtropical regions for its edible
starchy tuberous root, a major source of
carbohydrates. Though it is sometimes called
yuca in Spanish, it differs from the
yucca, an unrelated fruit-bearing shrub in the family
Asparagaceae. Cassava, when dried to a powdery (or pearly) extract, is called
tapioca; its fermented, flaky version is named
garri.
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
(synonym) cassava, cassava starch, manioca
(hypernym) starch, amylum
(substance-holonym) tapioca
2. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
(synonym) cassava
(hypernym) root
(part-holonym) bitter cassava, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima
(substance-meronym) tapioca
3. cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
(synonym) bitter cassava, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima
(hypernym) cassava, casava
(substance-meronym) cassiri
(part-meronym) cassava
manioc
nm.
manioc, cassava, type of edible plant that grows in tropical regions and is used in high-starch diets (native to Africa, Asia and South America)
manioc
n.
manioc
