Meanings
- obsoleteuncountablemanioc
There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer.
1863, Henry Walter Bates, chapter IV, in The Naturalist on the River Amazons, volume 1
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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