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The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), fromwhich cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.[Written alsomandioc, manihoc, manihot.]
Possibly the greatest vegetable ever to be created! Often used in cooking for foods such as:
Cassava Cake Manioc Soup Manioc Chocolate Spread Rhea Americana with Manioc Slicings
another word for cassava
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