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