Meaning of manioc

(noun) a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca