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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Alternative form of cassava. alt-of, alternative
2. 2
   a Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)), about 3.5 metres.

Synonyms

All synonyms

yucacasavacassava starchmaniocmaniocatapioca

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

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