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MANIOC [10 records]

Record 1 2021-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Manioc flour, or cassava flour, as it's commonly called, is a flour that comes from cassava, a long tuberous starchy root, often found in Latin American and Caribbean cuisines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Le manioc sert depuis longtemps à la fabrication de la farine de manioc. Pour fabriquer la farine, la racine de manioc est déshydratée puis moulue.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Industries
CONT

[Cassava starch is the] principal industrial outlet for cassava. Cassava starch is used in the foodstuffs, textile and paper industries for the manufacture of plywood and veneer, adhesives, glucose and dextrine.

CONT

A first-rate quality starch can be obtained from cassava using only water, and this makes the processing of cassava starch and flour particularly suitable for developing countries and rural industries.

OBS

Tapioca is obtained from cassava starch, therefore neither tapioca nor tapioca starch can be synonyms of cassava starch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

La fécule de manioc a des propriétés exceptionnelles, comme son taux de viscosité élevé et sa résistance au gel, qui la rendent compétitive par rapport à d'autres fécules industrielles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 3 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Food Industries
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A mexican root vegetable, looks like a giant-size brown-skinned turnip. White flesh, crisp texture and slightly sweet flavor, it is delicious raw or cooked.

OBS

A native of Mexico and central America, but is now commonly cultivated throughout the tropics, West Indies and China.

OBS

Not to be confused with Pachyrrhizus tuberosus, another herbaceous vine also sometimes called yam bean or potato bean (cf. Hortus Third : A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada (BAIHO), 1976, p. 809).

Key term(s)
  • Pachyrhyzus erosus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Production légumière
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Légumineuse à racines tubéreuses utilisée pour l'alimentation humaine et comme source d'amidon.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Producción hortícola
  • Industria alimentaria
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 4 2012-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

Commercial name of the tuberous root of manioc(Manihot utilissima Pohl, syn. Manihot esculenta Crantz).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

Nom commercial de la racine tubérisée du manioc (Manihot utilissima Pohl, syn. Manihot esculenta Crantz).

CONT

Les racines de manioc, après la récolte, peuvent être employées immédiatement (manioc frais) ou conservées (après dessiccation) [manioc sec]. À partir de ces deux types de manioc, on prépare des produits divers [...] et surtout tapioca.

OBS

racine de manioc : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 5 2012-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

Dried sections of the tuberous roots of manioc(Manihot utilissima Pohl, syn. Manihot esculenta Crantz).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

Morceaux de racines tubérisées du manioc (Manihot utilissima Pohl, syn. Manihot esculenta Crantz), sélectionnées et séchées.

OBS

bouchons de manioc, cassettes de manioc : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biomass Energy
CONT

Fuel farms(on land)... may either take the form of agriculture in which manioc, sugar cane, euphorbia, etc., are cultivated as basic products, or of forestry in which rapidly developing trees, such as Pinus radiata or eucalyptus are grown, to serve as a source of fuel supply.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie de la biomasse
DEF

[...] plantation énergétique [...] soit agricole, qui utilise le manioc, la canne à sucre, l'euphorbe, etc., comme produit de base, soit sylvicole, si elle utilise à des fins énergétiques des plantations d'arbres à croissance rapide, tels l'eucalyptus ou le Pinus radiata.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Energía de la biomasa
CONT

Plantaciones energéticas terrestres, ya sean agrícolas que utilizan la yuca, la caña de azúcar, las euforbias, etc., como productos básicos, ya sean silvícolas, si utilizan plantaciones de árboles de crecimiento rápido, como el chopo, o el eucaliptus, con fines energéticos.

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Record 7 2008-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
DEF

Unpeeled manioc roots, dried and, if necessary, washed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Root and Tuber Crops
DEF

A tropical plant of genus Manihot with tuberous roots; it yields starch and flour, and may be used to produce alcohol from the fibrous residue of both the leafy tops and the tuberous roots.

OBS

Its roots are made [also] into ... tapioca.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes sarclées
DEF

Plante vivrière tropicale aux racines comestibles dont on tire le tapioca. (Famille des euphorbiacées.)

CONT

Le Brésil s'est lancé depuis maintenant 5 ans dans un gros programme de production d'alcool à partir de canne à sucre, et depuis peu de manioc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de raíces y tubérculos
DEF

Es un arbusto de 1,5 a 3 metros de altura, que pertenece al género "manihot" de la familia de las "euforbiáceas"; dispone de hojas profundamente divididas y la planta ofrece raíces tuberosas (yuca) que crecen en racimos en la base del tallo. Pudo tener su origen en Brasil o las Antillas.

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Record 9 2006-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
CONT

Tapioca pudding is a common pudding with tapioca pearls added to a vanilla pudding. It can be discerned from other types of pudding by the small, translucent and almost caviar-like orbs of tapioca within. Tapioca is the root of the cassava plant, which is also known as manioc or arrowroot. Tapioca requires processing to withdraw either flakes, seeds or pearls of the Tapioca plant. Pudding can be made with either the tapioca flakes or pearls, though the pearl version is preferred because it cooks faster.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
OBS

pouding : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • pudding au tapioca

Spanish

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Record 10 1980-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

cassava : any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshly rootstocks yielding a nutritious starch(...) called also manioc.

Key term(s)
  • cassava mite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions

Spanish

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