manioc 音标拼音: [m'æni
, ɑk]
n . 树薯,树薯粉
树薯,树薯粉
manioc n 1 :
a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant ;
the source of tapioca ;
a staple food in the tropics [
synonym : {
cassava }, {
cassava starch }, {
manioc },
{
manioca }]
2 :
cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching ;
source of tapioca [
synonym : {
cassava }, {
manioc }]
3 :
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems ;
used especially to make cassiri (
an intoxicating drink )
and tapioca [
synonym : {
bitter cassava }, {
manioc },
{
mandioc }, {
mandioca }, {
tapioca plant }, {
gari }, {
Manihot esculenta }, {
Manihot utilissima }]
Manioc \
Ma "
ni *
oc \,
n . [
Pg .
mandioca ,
fr .
Braz .] (
Bot .)
The tropical plants ({
Manihot utilissima },
and {
Manihot Aipi }),
from which cassava and tapioca are prepared ;
also ,
cassava . [
Written also {
mandioc }, {
manihoc }, {
manihot }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
Cassava \
Cas "
sa *
va \ (
k [
a ^]
s "
s [.
a ]*
v [.
a ]),
n . [
F .
cassave ,
Sp .
cazabe ,
fr .
kasabi ,
in the language of Haiti .]
1 . (
Bot .)
A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus {
Manihot },
with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch ; --
called also {
manioc }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
There are two species ,
bitter and sweet ,
from which the cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies ,
tropical America ,
and Africa .
The bitter ({
Manihot utilissima })
is the more important ;
this has a poisonous sap ,
but by grating ,
pressing ,
and baking the root the poisonous qualities are removed .
The sweet ({
Manihot Aipi })
is used as a table vegetable .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant ,
used as food and in making tapioca .
[
1913 Webster ]
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