manioc
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- noun
- /ˈmænɪˌɑk/
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- In the uplands, crops, especially manioc, can be grown year-round.
- manioc crops
- manioc production
- manioc as the staple
So the women make a kind of beer that's called chicha, and they make it by chewing manioc root and spitting it.
- So the women make a kind of beer that's called chicha, and they make it by chewing manioc root and spitting it.
Examples
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The principal crops were maize and manioc, which were the staples of their diet.
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Throughout its Amazon boom, roughly 1940-1990, jute was supplemented with subsistence production of manioc, corn, beans, and cucurbits.
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Agriculture is primarily for subsistence, although there is minor commercial production, mostly of manioc flour.
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There they cultivate manioc and plant many perennials, especially fruit trees.
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Recent excavations show the ancient Maya also grew corn here, but relied much more on manioc.
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Bronson cited figures showing modern per-acre yields of manioc were nearly six times those of corn.
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If you're looking for starch production, manioc is your crop," says Lentz.
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None of these physically resemble manioc, and none approach manioc's calorie-per-acre yield, he says.
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Sheets inspects plaster impressions of manioc crops and farm furrows at the ancient Maya village of Cern.
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Two men in quest of the African dream, seeking manioc and fresh water.
Synonyms
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6.3
A tropical plant with large starchy roots used for food
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A tropical plant with thick starchy roots eaten like potatoes
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A tropical plant with a large starchy root used for food and to make flour
A plant with long edible roots grown for its starch used to make tapioca
A plant with thick edible roots used to make food and products like tapioca
A tropical plant with large starchy roots used for food and to make tapioca
A tropical plant with long edible roots that people use to make tapioca and flour
A South American plant with large roots that people eat and leaves that feed animals
A type of cassava with bitter roots that contain poison and must be processed before eating
Surface Forms
Etymology
Manioc comes from the native South American Tupi word mandioca, which Portuguese borrowed. That original word meant the plant's 'cassava' or 'starchy root', and because the same root makes tapioca, manioc today means the cassava plant or its edible root.