Definition of Manihot

1. Noun. Genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava.

Exact synonyms: Genus Manihot
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Euphorbiaceae, Family Euphorbiaceae, Spurge Family
Member holonyms: Casava, Cassava

Definition of Manihot

1. a tropical plant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manihot

Manichaeism
Manichaeist
Manichaeists
Manichean
Manicheanism
Manicheans
Manichee
Manichees
Manicheism
Manicheist
Manicheists
Manichæan
Manichæans
Manidae
Manide
Manihot (current term)
Manihot dulcis
Manihot esculenta
Manihot utilissima
Manikgonj District
Manila
Manila Bay
Manila bean
Manila hemp
Manila rope
Manileño
Manileños
Manilkara
Manilkara bidentata

Literary usage of Manihot

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Flora for Schools and Colleges by Oliver Rivington Willis (1894)
"Manihot UTII.ISSIMA (Tapioca). There are 30 well-marked varieties of this species grown in ... manihot; but Pohl places the two species under manihot, ..."

2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"... the true arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea,, PL XXV); and the mandioc plant (Manihot manihot, PI. XXVI), which yields cassava and tapioca. STARCHY FRUITS. ..."

3. Annals of Botany by IDEAL (Project) (1888)
"... L., and Os inunda regalis, L. CALVERT AND BOODLE : On laticiferous tissue in the pith of Manihot Glaziovii, and on the presence of Nuclei in ..."

4. Rubber by Philip Schidrowitz (1911)
"Thus Manihot ... (Ceara rubber) and Jequie Manihot will certainly thrive in soil which is too 7 ..."

5. A Popular Guide to the Observation of Nature, Or, Hints of Inducement to the by Robert Mudie (1836)
"So also some vegetable substances (such as the Jatropha manihot, of the tuberous roots of which the Indians of Central America make their ..."

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