noun (n)

• cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca(noun.plant)

  Synonym:
  bitter cassava, gari, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant
  

  source: wordnet30
• See Manioc.(noun)

  source: webster1913