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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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6. 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

Synonyms

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yucacasavacassava starchmaniocmaniocatapioca

Example

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"Nigeria is the world's largest producer of cassava."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

cassava woodmanihot esculenta

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