mandioca
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mandioca
< Spanish, Portuguese < Tupi manioca; cf. manioc
Example Sentences
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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
The valleys and slopes are highly fertile and produce sugar, cotton, tobacco, Indian corn, rice, mandioca and Iruits.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
Like the Quichuas, they were agriculturalists—cultivating mandioca, maize, calabashes, and potatoes.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Indeed, with the fish and some mandioca porridge alone, we could have managed to make a very ample meal.
From On the Banks of the Amazon by Groome, William H. C.
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