cassavanoun [ U ]
uk/kəˈsɑː.və/us/kəˈsɑː.və/also manioc a South American plant with large roots, or a type of flour made from these roots
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Crop plants & economic plants
- beet
- canola
- cash crop
- clover
- flax
- hemp
- hop
- linseed
- manioc
- rabi
- rape
- safflower
- sisal
- subsistence crop
- sugar beet
- sugar cane
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Flour & yeast
Examples from literature
- Of this root they make in the West Indies a sort of bread, called cassava bread.
- The care of our animals occupied us a great part of the morning, then we prepared our cassava, and baked our cakes on iron plates.
- The country around is elevated, undulating, and very extensively planted with cassava.
- Very heavy crops of maize and sorghum are raised, and the cassava bushes are seven feet in height.
- When we plant cassava, they do the same.