Definition of cassava Cassava
cas•sa•va
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NounPlural: cassavas |
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| cassava - any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | ||
| casava | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| genus manihot, manihot genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava | ||
| bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, tapioca plant, manioc cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | ||
| cassava - cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca | ||
| manioc | ||
| root the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support | ||
| bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, tapioca plant, manioc cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | ||
| cassava - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics | ||
| cassava starch, manioc, manioca | ||
| amylum, starch a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cassava (n.)
A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc. - cassava (n.)
A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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cassava
A starchy pulp made with the roots of the cassava plant. -
cassava
Shrub (Manihot esculenta) whose roots are rich in starch.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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cassava
kas-sä′va, n. the West Indian name of the manioc, and the starch produced from it, called Brazilian Arrowroot, or Tapioca
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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cassava
A species of the genus Jatropha janipha, well known to seamen as the cassava bread of the West Indies. Tapioca is produced from the Jatropha manihot. Caution is necessary in the use of these roots, as the juice is poisonous. The root used as chewsticks, to cleanse the teeth and gums, by the negroes, produces a copious flow of frothy saliva.
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🔤- cassava, noun, singular of cassavas.
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