(n.) The tropical plants (Manihot utilissima, and M. Aipi), from which cassava and tapioca are prepared; also, cassava.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tucupi is a yellow sauce extracted from a manioc root that must first be boiled to remove the toxins; jambu leaf numbs the lips and tongue and, says Atala, "makes everything taste bigger".
(2) There has been a great interest to supplement manioc flour with proteins.
(3) The main components of the diets were fish, lactose free milk, caseinate, partial hydrolasate of albumin, fermented corn and soya (Soy-Ogi), medium-chain triglycerides, rice and the local foods manioc, peanuts and caterpillars.
(4) The present study was planned to show the nutritive value of a basic diet including rice, beans, manioc flour and other local foods, supplemented with different sources of proteins.
(5) It's a long way from the ruins of Aleppo to the jungle forests of Kaga Bandoro, where half its people are still hiding, barely surviving on roots and the leaves of manioc plants.
(6) Rice, beans and manioc flour are foods eaten daily in Northeast Brazil.
(7) Foods were distributed into: Group A (the least perishable goods: sugar, beans, rice, oil, salt), Group B (moderately perishable goods: biscuits, chocolate, manioc flour, corn, meal, dried skim milk, macaroni, sugar-cane syrup, canned sardines, ground corn) and Group C (the most perishable goods: dried and salted fish and meat).
(8) The nutrition of the population was low in protein, calories being provided mostly by manioc, but no apparent symptoms of malnutrition were observed in the parents of our patients.
(9) The diet of the Amerindians includes as the main carbohydrate staple the manioc cassava, which has also been linked to sensorineural hearing loss in some populations.
(10) Around them all are tents displaying the rich variety of regional produce - manioc and sugar cane from the north-west, apples and milk from the south, honey and nuts from the Amazon.
(11) Today, it no longer stands alone, but it continues to draw purists not only for its beer menu, but its famous grilled chicken, served with farofa (toasted manioc flour) and salad (£16 for two people) and famous coxinhas (£7 for 10).
(12) But now that ants are becoming popular in urban areas they do not hide anymore.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest A ‘farofa de iça’, a toasted manioc flour with queen ants’ abdomen.
(13) Toxic (manioc, lathyrism) or deficiency (hypovitaminosis, malabsorption) causes are incriminated.
(14) They had lived there just five months, erecting mud houses and planting manioc.
(15) described a severe goiter endemia due to marked iodine deficiency and high daily intake of manioc as staple food.
(16) Other important risk factors were drinking "chimarrão" (a type of maté), use of a wood stove for cooking, and frequent consumption of charcoal-grilled meat and manioc.
(17) Histopathological changes in rat pancreas were induced by cyclic periods of experimental malnutrition or by cassava (manioc) feeding for 11 weeks.
(18) Our results show that in children who have secondary intestinal malabsorption the use of a partial hydrolysate of lactalbumin and the medium-chain triglycerides is recommended and the substitution of the manioc by rice also.
(19) The purpose of this work was to prepare a manioc leaf protein concentrate introducing some new procedures on the known methods developed by other authors.
(20) They lived in the Ouham region of Centro African Republic where some of the Authors ascertained a severe goiter endemia due to iodine deficiency and manioc consumption as staple food.