cassava
n.
manioc, tropical plant; starchy root of the cassava plant resembling bulbs used as food (requires particular careful preparation to remove small amount of cyanide); starch made by straining and drying the root of the cassava plant
Cassava
cassare
v.
delete, erase; abrogate, disaffirm, annul, reverse a decision
cassar
v.
cashier, repeal, stop
Cassava
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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