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

n. 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.

n. manioc, the source of tapioca, Manihot esculenta.

n. Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with the roots of this tropical plant.

n. A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.

n. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.

n. The name of several species of Manihot, a euphorbiaceous genus of stout herbs, extensively cultivated for food in tropical America and on the coast of Africa, from the tuberous roots of which cassava-bread, cassava-starch, and tapioca are made.

n. The starch prepared from the roots of the cassava-plant.

n. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

n. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

n. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

"Today, cassava is a staple food consumed by more than 500 million around the world."

amylum    starch    root   

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manioc    millet    maize    sorghum    tapioca    pease    taro    mandioc    yam    soybean