cassava starch

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cassava starch - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropicscassava, manioc, maniocatapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddingsamylum, 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