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MANIHOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava
Synonyms:
genus Manihot; Manihot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Manihot" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Manihot"):
casava; cassava (any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch)
Holonyms ("Manihot" is a member of...):
Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)