manioc
英 ['mænɪɒk]
美['mænɪɑk]
- n. 树薯粉；树薯
英英释义
- 1. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
- 2. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
- 3. cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
中文词源
manioc 树薯，树薯粉
来自南美土著语。
英文词源
- manioc (n.)
- 1560s, from Tupi manioch, mandioca, name for the root of the cassava plant.