1. 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 
2. Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
   - manioc 
3. Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
   - casava

Derived forms: cassavas

Type of: amylum, bush, root, shrub, starch

Part of: bitter cassava, gari, genus Manihot, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca, tapioca plant

Encyclopedia: Cassava

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