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Noun: Manihot esculenta
  1. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
    - bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot utilissima

Type of: casava, cassava

Encyclopedia: Manihot esculenta