Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun manihot_esculenta

1 sense of manihot esculenta

Sense 1
bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima -- (cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca)
       => cassava, casava -- (any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch)