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Meanings of cassava in inglês

português
aipim
catalão
mandioca

A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.

        aipim
        catalão
        mandioca
        espanhol
        manihot esculenta

        Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.

              mandioca
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              Examples for "manioc"
              Examples for "manioc"
              1
              The country was quite flat, and the people cultivated manioc very extensively.
              Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
              2
              There were yams also and a sort of dumpling made of manioc.
              O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
              3
              Shinte sent us two large baskets of manioc and six dried fishes.
              Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
              4
              Katende gave us only a little meal and manioc, and a fowl.
              Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
              5
              Bereft of state pay, Kubonge ekes out a living growing manioc.
              Reuters
              1
              Cheap imports of cassava and cassava starch have largely been used instead of domestic corn in refineries, whose main products include ethanol and corn syrup.
              Reuters
              2
              He looked bigger than usual because his shirt was bloated, pumped up by cassava starch, and his trousers had two hard lines like sharp blades.
              Say you're one of them
              Usage of cassava in inglês
              1
              The cassava forms another important article of the food of the blacks.
              Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
              2
              Although cassava leaves are high in protein, the protein is not bioavailable.
              Pubmed
              3
              Protein-protein interaction experiments consistently found that VPg proteins associate with cassava nCBPs.
              Pubmed
              4
              The country around is elevated, undulating, and very extensively planted with cassava.
              A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
              5
              Nothing is now cultivated but a little cassava, and a few plantains.
              Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
              6
              Crops of mileza, maize, cassava, dura, tobacco, beans, ground-nuts, are growing finely.
              The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from ...
              7
              A total of ten American women were fed white and BC-enhanced cassava.
              Pubmed
              8
              However, cassava contains cyanide and its continued consumption may lead to chronic disability.
              Pubmed
              9
              The frequency of the brewing depends upon the superabundance of cassava.
              Wanderings in South America
              10
              There'd be miombo moving through the area, recovering the cassava fields.
              The world without us
              11
              Small patches of yam and cassava were the principal vegetables noticed.
              The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
              12
              Other Kilimanjaro farmers are also trying drought-resilient crops such as cassava and sunflowers.
              Reuters
              13
              Continue to boil until the cassava is tender and cooked through.
              Radio NZ
              14
              The presence of scopoletin was revealed in all components of the cassava root.
              Pubmed
              15
              Compounding that, most of the cassava and breadfruit crops were gone.
              Radio NZ
              16
              How delicious the plantains and cassava tasted, and some well-dressed venison.
              In the Wilds of Africa
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              catalão
              mandioca
              Cassava through the time
              Cassava across language varieties
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