1810 R. Southey I. viii. 233 When the mandioc failed, what they called stick-flour (in Portugueze farinha de pao) was made from the wood of the Urucuri-Iba.
1887 July 81/2 The manioc, otherwise cassava root,... is first baked, and then ground.., into a coarse fibrous powder, and this—called ‘farinha de pao’ literally, stick-flour—is served up in small plates.