Noun
The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe must contemplate the manioc. Dilma Rousseff
In Brazil, detoxified manioc is ground and cooked to a dry, often hard or crunchy meal known as farofa used as a condiment, toasted in butter, or eaten alone as a side dish. Source: Internet
In this process, the manioc (after treatment to remove toxicity) is ground to a pulp with a small hand- or diesel-powered mill. Source: Internet
A little girl peels manioc to make flour in Acará, in the state of Pará, in the northeast of Brazil's Amazon region. Source: Internet
An anthropology professor and his team have uncovered a manioc field one-third the size of football field buried under 10 feet of ash by the eruption of a volcano about 1,400 years ago that blanketed the Mayan farming village of Ceren in El Salvador. Source: Internet
Using manioc starch diluted in water and spraying it over fabrics before ironing helps stiffen collars. Source: Internet