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Cassava

A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Root 76% connected

To turn up the earth with the snout, as swine.

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Shrub 76% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

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Starch 76% connected

Stiff; precise; rigid.

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Mandioc 76% connected

Alt. of Mandioca

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Mandioca 76% connected

See Manioc.

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Manioc 76% connected

The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.

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Mandioc 70% connected

Alt. of Mandioca

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Mandioca 70% connected

See Manioc.

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Manioc 70% connected

The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.

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Tapioca 70% connected

A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much…

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Tapioca 70% connected

A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much…

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Manioc 92% connected

The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.

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