nnoun.substancea starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropicsSynset:cassava cassava starch manioca
Substance Holonyms:tapioca
Hypernyms:amylum starch
Inherited Hypernyms:cassavastarchpolysaccharidecarbohydratemacromoleculemoleculeunitthingphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:cassavastarchpolysaccharidecarbohydratemacromoleculeorganic compoundcompoundchemicalmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:cassavastarchpolysaccharidecarbohydratemacromoleculeorganic compoundcompoundchemicalmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.plantcassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapiocaSynset:cassava
Part Holonyms:Manihot esculenta Manihot utilissima bitter cassava gari mandioc mandioca manioc tapioca plant
Hypernyms:root
Inherited Hypernyms:cassavarootplant organplant partnatural objectwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Substance Meronyms:tapioca
nnoun.plantcassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapiocaSynset:Manihot esculenta Manihot utilissima bitter cassava gari mandioc mandioca tapioca plant
Hypernyms:casava cassava
Inherited Hypernyms:bitter cassavacassavashrubwoody plantvascular plantplantorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Substance Meronyms:cassiri
Part Meronyms:cassava manioc