Noun has 3 senses

• manioc(n = noun.substance) cassava, cassava starch, manioca - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics;



• manioc(n = noun.plant) cassava - cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca;




• manioc(n = noun.plant) bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, tapioca plant - cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca;