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mandioca

American  
[man-dee-oh-kuh, meyn-] / ˌmæn diˈoʊ kə, ˌmeɪn- /

noun

  1. cassava.


Etymology

Origin of mandioca

< Spanish, Portuguese < Tupi manioca; cf. manioc

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For her, that dish is purê de mandioca, something she also learned to make with her mother in Brazil.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2022

Kolb remembers sprinkling salt on dishes and mashing pounds of yuca for one of her favorite holiday dishes: purê de mandioca, or yuca purée.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2022

Many a cacao patch and field of mandioca had Munday cleared with the shoulder-blade of a fish-cow; and upon odd occasions he had used one for a paddle.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne

A tray of mandioca root, farinha, was set in the hot sun to dry.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

It seeks its food not only in the rivers, but on moonlight nights resorts to the maize and corn-fields, and also plucks up the roots of mandioca.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

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