mandioca

A root vegetable, also known as cassava or yuca, with long edible tubers and soft brittle stems; used in cooking and to make tapioca and cassiri, an alcoholic drink.

• 🇫🇷Plante tropicale cultivée pour ses racines tubéreuses comestibles, également appelée manioc ou cassave; utilisée en cuisine, pour produire le tapioca et pour préparer des boissons alcoolisées comme la cachaça.

1. Edible root vegetable B1 formal

   A tropical plant with long, starchy, tuberous roots, used as a food source and to make tapioca and cassiri.

   • Mandioca is a staple food in many South American countries.
   • They harvested the mandioca roots to make flour.
   • The indigenous people used mandioca to prepare a traditional drink called cassiri.

   🇫🇷Manioc, racine comestible

   Synonymes: cassavamaniocyucca