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Cassava

//kəˈsɑː.və// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch wordnet
  3. 3
    The root of this plant. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca wordnet
  5. 5
    Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots. countable, uncountable

    "Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made."

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  1. 6
    a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”) (whence Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.

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