cassava

cas·sa·va  (k-säv)

n. In both senses also called manioc, yuca.

1. A shrubby tropical American plant (Manihot esculenta) widely grown for its large, tuberous, starchy roots.

2. The root of this plant, eaten as a staple food in the tropics only after leaching and drying to remove cyanide. Cassava starch is also the source of tapioca.

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[Ultimately from Taino casavi, flour from manioc.]

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cassava [kəˈsɑːvə]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called manioc any tropical euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, esp the widely cultivated American species M. esculenta (or utilissima) (bitter cassava) and M. dulcis (sweet cassava)

2. (Cookery) a starch derived from the root of this plant: an important food in the tropics and a source of tapioca

[from Spanish cazabe cassava bread, from Taino caçábi]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cassava - 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 tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings amylum, 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
	2.	cassava - cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca manioc tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant, manioc - cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
	3.	cassava - any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch casava genus Manihot, Manihot - genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant, manioc - cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca Manihot dulcis, sweet cassava - South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

Translations

cassava [kəˈsɑːvə] N → mandioca f

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cassava [kəˈsɑːvə] n (= plant) → manioc m (= food) → manioc m

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cassava

n → Maniok m

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cassava

n cassava [kəˈsaːvə]

(alsotapioca plant) a tropical plant, whose roots yield tapioca. broodwortel; kassawe; maniok نَباتٌ اسْتِوائي يُنْتِجُ تابْيوكا маниока maniok maniokplante der Maniokstrauch μανιόκα (είδος τροπικού δέντρου) mandioca maniokk گیاه کاساو maniokki manioc קָסַאווָה एक पौधा kasava, manioka kasszava singkong manjokrunni manioca カサバ (식물) 카사바 manijokas manioks ubi kayu maniok kassava(busk) maniok mandioca ma­­nioc маниока maniok maniok, tapioka manioka kassava[] มันสำปะหลัง manyok 木薯 маніок ایک پودا cây sắn 木薯