maniok
1. manioka, maniok
cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca [Kasavino korenje, ki se po sušenju in izpiranju uživa kot osnovna hrana; vir tapioka.]
2. manioka, maniok
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca [grenka kasava ali manioka je rastlina s podolgovatimi užitnimi koreninami in mehkimi krhkimi stebli; uporablja se predvsem za izdelavo cassiri (omamljajoča pijača) in tapioka.]