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Manioc \Ma"ni*oc\, n. [Pg. mandioca, fr. Braz.] (Bot.) The tropical plants ( Manihot utilissima, and Manihot Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava. [Written also mandioc, manihoc, manihot.]

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n. (context obsolete English) manioc

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Manihot is a genus of in the diverse milkspurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It was described as a genus in 1754.

Species of Manihot are monecious trees, shrubs and a few herbs that are native to the Americas, from Arizona in the United States south to Argentina and Uruguay. The best known member of this genus is the widely-cultivated cassava (Manihot esculenta).

Manihot species are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of Lepidoptera including Endoclita sericeus and Hypercompe hambletoni.

Species variety treated as a species
  1. Manihot carthaginensis subsp. glaziovii = Manihot glaziovii (Müll.Arg.) Allem
formerly included

moved to Aleurites Cnidoscolus Jatropha

Usage examples of "manihot".

The Dutch and Portuguese can establish Manihot or Hancornia plantations in the drier parts of Africa or Asia.

Another food plant of enormous importance to tropical America in the present as well as in the past is Manihot utilissima, otherwise known as Manioc, Mandioca, or Yuca, from the tuberous root of which Cassava is prepared.

Brazilian Arrowroot, or Tapioca Meal, is obtained from Manihot utilissima (bitter) and M.