The Clue
Cassavas (7 letter answer)
The Answer
MANIOCS
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Notes
The answer MANIOCS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
MANIOC as a noun:
1. (cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca) = a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
2. (cassava, manioc) = cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
3. (bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima) = cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca