Italian → English - manioca n. manioc, cassava » Examples Italian → French - manioca (botanica - culinario) cassave (f); manioc (m) » Examples Italian → German - manioca n. maniok » Examples Definition of manioca Noun1. A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics. © Wordnet 3.1 & Wiktionary - Combined dictionary for best results.