A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics. Synonyms:cassava, cassava starch, manioca.
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Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca. Synonym:cassava.
... submitted by Buonaparte to the legislature was: "The commercial prosperity of France renders it necessary that a certain quantity of the produce of the country, in wine and cereals, should be sent to the Antilles for consumption by the blacks. Now these negroes, were they free, would prefer manioc to wheat, and the juice of the sugar cane to our wines. It is, therefore, indispensable ... — Folkways - A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals • William Graham Sumner Read full book for free!
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