Mandioc \Man"di*oc\, Mandioca \Man`di*o"ca\, n. (Bot.)
See {Manioc}.
mandioca
n : cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle
stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating
drink) and tapioca [syn: {bitter cassava}, {manioc}, {mandioc},
{tapioca plant}, {gari}, {Manihot esculenta}, {Manihot
utilissima}]