noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/ˈmæ.ni.ɒk/
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US:/ˈmæ.niˌɑk/
US:/ˈmeɪ.niˌɑk/
CMU ARPABET:M AE1 N IY0 AA2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable, usually
Examples
1975, William R. Bascom, African Dilemma Tales, Mouton (De Gruyter), page 86, The banana, the most important crop above ground, quarreled with the manioc, the most important underground crop. [...] The manioc said that it, the yam, the sweet potato, and others were the ones that fed people and that without them people could not exist.
1977, Donald W. Lathrap, Our Father the Cayman, Our Mother the Gourd, Charles A. Reed (editor), Origins of Agriculture, Mouton (De Gruyter), page 741, The selection process leading to the bitter group of maniocs has been in terms of higher starch yield and in terms of starch of a quality more appropriate for making bread ans flour.
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noun
Meaning 2
Cassava root, eaten as a food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
A food starch prepared from the root.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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