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  1.                 From WordNet dictionary, version 3.0:
                    

    mandioca n. 1. cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca Synonyms: bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima