Noun: Manihot esculenta
- 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 Manihot esculenta as a staple food";
- bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot utilissima
Type of: casava [rare], cassava
Encyclopedia: Manihot esculenta