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n. - Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems.

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  • Around was the plantation of mandioca and cacao, with here and there a few coffee-shrubs.
  • In your country, it may be known by one of the following names: yuca, manioc, tapioca or mandioca.
  • A tract of forest had been fired, and this clearing planted with bananas, mandioca, sweet potatoes, etc.
  • At a little distance farther down on the hill was the mandioca kitchen, with several large ovens, troughs, etc.
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