Noun: mandioca ,man-dee'ow-ku
- Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
"Millions of people rely on mandioca as a staple food";
- bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima
Derived forms: mandiocas
Type of: casava [rare], cassava
Encyclopedia: Mandioca