Cassava Definition

kə-sävə
noun
Any of several tropical American plants, shrubs, and trees (genus Manihot, esp. M. esculenta) of the spurge family, having edible, starchy roots.
Webster's New World
This root or a starch extracted from it, used in making bread and tapioca.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • manioca
  • cassava starch
  • manioc
  • casava

Other Word Forms of Cassava

Noun

Singular:
cassava
Plural:
cassavas

Origin of Cassava

  • From Portuguese cassave, form Taino caçabi.

    From Wiktionary

  • Ultimately from Taíno casavi flour from manioc

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cassava Sentence Examples

  • The cassava (manioca) and indigo plants are indigenous.

  • The crops cultivated are rice, of an excellent quality, cassava, maize and ginger.

  • The first named, which is poisonous in its native state, is the cassava of Spanish America.

  • It is closely related to the Manioc, cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot utilissima) which it resembles when young and exhibits a similar tuberous root system.

  • Yuca (Manihot utilissima), known as cassava in the West Indies and mandioca in Brazil, is also widely cultivated for food and for the manufacture of starch.

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