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English Dictionary: cassava by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cassava
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cassava
n
  1. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
    Synonym(s): cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca
  2. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
    Synonym(s): cassava, manioc
  3. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
    Synonym(s): cassava, casava
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cassava \Cas"sa*va\, n. [F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in
      the language of Hayti.]
      1. (Bot.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus
            {Manihot}, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible
            starch; -- called also {manioc}.
  
      Note: There are two species, bitter and sweet, from which the
               cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies,
               tropical America, and Africa. The bitter ({Manihot
               utilissima}) is the more important; this has a
               poisonous sap, but by grating, pressing, and baking the
               root the poisonous qualities are removed. The sweet
               ({M. Aipi}) is used as a table vegetable.
  
      2. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the
            cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
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