the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. See cassava.
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n. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
Word Usage
"In markets in Bujumbura and rural Bubanza, 41 kilometers (25 miles) north, vendors sell tomatoes, pineapples, casava, corn, bananas and bottles of palm oil."