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TAPIOCA PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
Synonyms:
bitter cassava; gari; mandioc; mandioca; Manihot esculenta; Manihot utilissima; manioc; tapioca plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tapioca plant" is a kind of...):
casava; cassava (any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch)
Meronyms (parts of "tapioca plant"):
cassava; manioc (cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca)
Meronyms (substance of "tapioca plant"):
cassiri (a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice)
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