MANIOC

Definition of MANIOC

  1. (noun)a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
  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