1) Genus manihot 2) Rosid dicot genus 
Manihot is a genus of about 100 species in the diverse milkspurge family, Euphorbiaceae. Species of Manihot are monecious trees, shrubs and a few herbs that are native to the Americas, from Arizona in the United States south to Argentina. The best known member of this genus is the widely-cultivated cassava (Manihot esculenta). Manihot species are ...
• (n.) See Manioc.
(from the article `cassava`) All the approximately 160 species of the genus Manihot are sun-loving natives of tropical America. Ceará rubber is produced from M. glaziovii, from ...
Manihot is a genus of American shrubs and herbaceous plants belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae. The species include cassava.
[n] - genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava
genus Manihot noun genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava