manioc
Syllables: man·i·oc/ˈmæ.ni.ɒk/US/ˈmæ.niˌɑk/
manioc noun: the tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.
Noun
manioc (usually uncountable, plural maniocs)
- The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.
- The banana, the most important crop above ground, quarreled with the manioc, the most important underground crop. […] The manioc said that it, the yam, the sweet potato, and others were the ones that fed people and that without them people could not exist.1975, William R. Bascom, African Dilemma Tales, Mouton (De Gruyter), page 86
- The selection process leading to the bitter group of maniocs has been in terms of higher starch yield and in terms of starch of a quality more appropriate for making bread ans flour.1977, Donald W. Lathrap, Our Father the Cayman, Our Mother the Gourd, Charles A. Reed (editor), Origins of Agriculture, Mouton (De Gruyter), page 741
- Cassava root, eaten as a food.
- In the morning, after a frugal breakfast of coffee and manioc - we had to be economical of our stores - we held a council of war as to the best method of ascending to the plateau above us.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- Ground manioc (cassava) is mixed with water and pressed through tube woven from palm fibers to remove toxic cyanogenic compounds.2006, Dietland Muller-Schwarze, Chemical Ecology of Vertebrates, Cambridge University Press, page 321
- A food starch prepared from the root.
manioc meaning in Tamil
manioc in Tamil
- கிழங்கு வகையின் மாவு
Examples of manioc in a sentence
- Manioc, the main subsistence crop of Amazonia, is planted entirely from cuttings, which are inserted into mounds hoed up in the spaces left between the logs and the stumps.1988, Robert L. Carneiro, “5: Indians of the Amazonian Rainforest”, in Julie Sloan Denslow, Christine Padoch, editors, People of the...
- Manioc was first reported being grown on the mainland in 1635 at the Portuguese post at Bissau.1993, Jonathan D. Sauer, Historical Geography of Crop Plants: A Select Roster, CRC Press, page 60:
- Manioc gives the highest yield of starch per hectare of any known crop; some 90% of the fabric of the crop can be regarded as potentially fermentable carbohydrate.2003, Ian Spencer Hornsey, A History of Beer and Brewing, Royal Society of Chemistry, page 26:
- She made manioc pie, got water, got wild banana leaves and pounded manioc.2013, Elizabeth Ewart, Space and Society in Central Brazil: A Panará Ethnography, Bloomsbury, page 174:
Synonyms of manioc
Forms of manioc
| plural | maniocs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | manioca |
| alternative form | mandioc |
| alternative form | manihoc |
| alternative form | manihot |
Origin of manioc
From French manioc, through Portuguese mandioca, ultimately from Old Tupi mani'oka. Doublet of manihot.
Questions about manioc
- What does manioc mean?
- Manioc means the tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.
- What is manioc in Tamil?
- Manioc in Tamil is கிழங்கு வகையின் மாவு. See Manioc meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use manioc in a sentence?
- Manioc, the main subsistence crop of Amazonia, is planted entirely from cuttings, which are inserted into mounds hoed up in the spaces left between the logs and the stumps.
- What part of speech is manioc?
- Manioc is a noun.
- How do you pronounce manioc?
- Manioc is pronounced /ˈmæ.ni.ɒk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of manioc?
- The plural of manioc is maniocs.
Words near manioc in the dictionary
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