maniçoba
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Portuguese
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Manicoba.jpg/220px-Manicoba.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi mani'soba.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔbɐ
- Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧ço‧ba
Noun
[edit]maniçoba f (plural maniçobas)
- (botany) common name, extended to different plants of the Euphorbiaceae family, mainly of the Manihot genus, which are part of the Brazilian flora
- (botany) Manihot glaziovii (large tree that exudes latex used in the production of inferior quality rubber)
- (cooking) typical Brazilian dish prepared with ground cassava leaves, pieces of meat and other condiments
Further reading
[edit]- “maniçoba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “maniçoba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “maniçoba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Categories:
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔbɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔbɐ/4 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Botany
- pt:Cooking
- pt:Foods