Lexic.us

Definition of Manihot utilissima

1. Noun. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manihot Utilissima

Literary usage of Manihot utilissima

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

1. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"The fécula of the root of manihot utilissima, Pohl (Jatropha Manihot, ... manihot utilissima, formerly designated by botanists as Jatropha Manihot, ..."

2. Origin of Cultivated Plants by Alphonse de Candolle (1886)
"The manihot utilissima and the allied species or variety called aipi, which is also cultivated, have not been found in an undoubtedly wild state. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1892)
"Bitter Mandioca, as it is commonly called, " manihot utilissima," Pohl, ... Some botanists regard manihot utilissima, Pohl, as the mother plant, ..."

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