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manioc
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a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
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2. noun
cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
3. noun
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
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