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CASSAVA

Definition:

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

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Related Words:

• bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima
• sweet cassava, Manihot dulcis

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