About The Word Cassava
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Cassava
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What's The Definition Of Cassava?
[n] any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
[n] cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca [n] a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics Synonyms | Synonyms for Cassava: casava | cassava starch | manioc | manioca Related Terms | Find terms related to Cassava: See Also | amylum | bitter cassava | bush | gari | genus Manihot | mandioc | mandioca | Manihot | Manihot dulcis | Manihot esculenta | Manihot utilissima | manioc | root | shrub | starch | sweet cassava | tapioca | tapioca | tapioca plant Cassava In Webster's Dictionary \Cas"sa*va\, n. [F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in
the language of Hayti.]
1. (Bot.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus
{Manihot}, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible
starch; -- called also {manioc}.
Note: There are two species, bitter and sweet, from which the
cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies,
tropical America, and Africa. The bitter ({Manihot
utilissima}) is the more important; this has a
poisonous sap, but by grating, pressing, and baking the
root the poisonous qualities are removed. The sweet
({M. Aipi}) is used as a table vegetable.
2. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the
cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
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