mandioca

[ man-dee-oh-kuh, meyn- ]

noun

1. cassava.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mandioca¹

< Spanish, Portuguese < Tupi manioca; manioc

Example Sentences

Coffee is the staple production, though Indian corn, mandioca and fruit are produced largely for local consumption.

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He feeds on leaves and many kinds of fruit, and sometimes does much injury in the mandioca fields of the Indians.

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The principal agricultural products are cotton, coffee, sugar, mandioca and tropical fruits.

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The town (founded in 1725) is situated in a fertile country producing cotton, tobacco, Indian corn, sugar-cane and mandioca.

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What they did with the hard dry grains of mandioca I was never able to ascertain, and cannot even conjecture.

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