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MANIHOT ESCULENTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca

Synonyms:

bitter cassava; gari; mandioc; mandioca; Manihot esculenta; Manihot utilissima; manioc; tapioca plant

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Manihot esculenta" is a kind of...):

casava; cassava (any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch)

Meronyms (parts of "Manihot esculenta"):

cassava; manioc (cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca)

Meronyms (substance of "Manihot esculenta"):

cassiri (a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice)

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