Cassava

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  • noun. A shrubby tropical American plant (Manihot esculenta) widely grown for its large, tuberous, starchy roots.
  • noun. The root of this plant, eaten as a staple food in the tropics only after leaching and drying to remove cyanide. Cassava starch is also the source of tapioca.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The name of several species of Manihot, a euphorbiaceous genus of stout herbs, extensively cultivated for food in tropical America and on the coast of Africa, from the tuberous roots of which cassava-bread, cassava-starch, and tapioca are made.
  • noun. The starch prepared from the roots of the cassava-plant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.
  • noun. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. manioc, the source of tapioca, Manihot esculenta.
  • noun. Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with the roots of this tropical plant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
  • noun. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
  • noun. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
    • Word Usage
    "Today, cassava is a staple food consumed by more than 500 million around the world."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    amylum  root  starch  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    acorn  cocoa  cornmeal  currant  farina  
    variant
    manioc  
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