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Mandioca e un arboretto come picciolo sambuco cõ la midolla frondi stellare fà radici grosse, che si mãgiano sotto le bragie ò grattatí fanno segatura di che si caricano i navilij per viveri de marinari in cambio di pane hà sapore di castagna

Manioc. It is a small tree like a small elder with the pith. Star shaped fronds. It makes large roots, which are eaten [cooked] under the embers or grated they make flour that ships load as provisions for the sailors instead of bread. It tastes like chestnut.

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