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Definition of Manihot esculenta
1. Noun. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.
Terms within: Cassiri
Generic synonyms: Casava, Cassava
Terms within: Cassava, Manioc
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manihot Esculenta
Literary usage of Manihot esculenta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"PT: Article SF: IND DE: manihot-esculenta. manihot-glaziovii. manihot-, ...
CC: F200; X200 AB: Cassava (manihot esculenta Crantz) cDNA clones were used to ..."
2. Rehabilitation of Degraded Tropical Forest Ecosystems: Workshop Proceedings by Shigeo Kobayashi (2001)
"In the taungya plantation there were generally more sound plants of all species
compared to diseased and dead ones, except for manihot esculenta and Glycine ..."
3. Viral Resistance in Plants/Viral Coat Proteins: Bibliography-January 91-July 96 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"Descriptors: manihot-esculenta; leaves-; cells-; callus-; embryos-;
genetic-transformation; gene- transfer; cassava-mosaic-virus; coat-proteins; ..."
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