mandioca
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mandioca
< Spanish, Portuguese < Tupi manioca; cf. manioc
Example Sentences
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For her, that dish is purê de mandioca, something she also learned to make with her mother in Brazil.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022
Kolb remembers sprinkling salt on dishes and mashing pounds of yuca for one of her favorite holiday dishes: purê de mandioca, or yuca purée.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2022
Tucupi, another sauce made also from mandioca juice, is much more common in the interior of the country than Arube.
From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter
The ground in the immediate neighbourhood of the village was laid out in patches, in which were cultivated mandioca roots, maize, and other plants useful for domestic purposes.
From Martin Rattler by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
In the agricultural regions sugar, cotton, tobacco, cac�o, coffee, mandioca and tropical fruits are produced.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
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