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Cassava

noun
1.
A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.  Synonyms: cassava starch, manioc, manioca.
2.
Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca.  Synonym: manioc.
3.
Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.  Synonym: casava.



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"Cassava" Quotes from Famous Books



... party lingered long over the meal. Roast prairie chicken was the chief dish. The Professor had found lentils, and this, with potatoes, or cassava, formed the principal dish, to say nothing of the sago pudding and the residue of the little cakes which just ...
— The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island • Roger Thompson Finlay


Words linked to "Cassava" :   mandioc, genus Manihot, tapioca plant, tapioca, Manihot, Manihot esculenta, gari, Manihot utilissima, bush, amylum, casava, mandioca, root, sweet cassava, Manihot dulcis, starch, shrub


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