mandioca
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mandioca
< Spanish, Portuguese < Tupi manioca; cf. manioc
Example Sentences
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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
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
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)
The principal agricultural products are cotton, coffee, sugar, mandioca and tropical fruits.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Two or three mandioca cakes, a few wild fruits, and a draught of water from the stream, formed the wanderer's simple breakfast.
From Martin Rattler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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