Found 2 items, similar to Manioc.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: manioc manioc n 1: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics [syn: cassava, cassava starch, manioca] 2: cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca [syn: cassava] 3: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca [syn: bitter cassava, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Manioc Manioc \Ma"ni*oc\, n. [Pg. mandioca, fr. Braz.] (Bot.) The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and Manihot Aipi ), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava. [Written also mandioc, manihoc, manihot.] [1913 Webster]