cassava | | |
n. (substance) | 1. cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca | a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics. |
| ~ tapioca | granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings. |
| ~ amylum, starch | a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles. |
n. (plant) | 2. cassava, manioc | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca. |
| ~ tapioca | granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ root | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground. |
n. (plant) | 3. casava, cassava | any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ manihot dulcis, sweet cassava | South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed. |
| ~ bush, shrub | a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems. |
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