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

3 senses of manioc

Sense 1
cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca -- (a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics)
       => starch, amylum -- (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)

Sense 2
cassava, manioc -- (cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca)
       => root -- ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Sense 3
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)