manioca

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

hypernym	:	amylum, starch,
definition	:	a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	tapioca,
definition	:	granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings (noun.food)