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Manihot

noun

genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava

• Syn: ↑genus Manihot

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbiaceae, ↑family Euphorbiaceae, ↑spurge family

• Member Meronyms: ↑cassava, ↑casava

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\\ˈmanəˌhät\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from French, cassava, of Tupian origin — more at manioc

: a genus of economically important herbs or shrubs (family Euphorbiaceae) originally tropical American but now widespread in the tropics, having alternate entire or palmate leaves, apetalous monoecious flowers and 3-seeded capsular fruit — see bitter cassava, ceará rubber, sweet cassava

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Manihot /manˈi-hot/

noun

A tropical American genus of the spurge family, including manioc

ORIGIN: ↑manioc

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manihot

var. manioc.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.