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Cassava

🔄 Synonyms of "Cassava"

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Word	Definition
maniocnoun	(uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.
casavanoun	Alternative form of cassava. [Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.]
maniocanoun	Alternative form of manioc [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.]
cassava starchnoun	a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cassava"

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Word	Definition
maniocnoun	(uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.
maniocanoun	Alternative form of manioc [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.]
casavanoun	Alternative form of cassava. [Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.]
cassava starchnoun	a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
virusnoun	A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and that sometimes causes disease in the host organism (such agents are often classed as nonliving infectious particles and less often as microorganisms).
tapiocanoun	A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
cassabanoun	a Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)), about 3.5 metres.
manihocnoun	Obsolete form of manioc. [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.]
manihotnoun	(obsolete) manioc
yucanoun	cassava
cocoyamnoun	Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
cassava woodnoun	A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceae.
taronoun	Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
batatanoun	sweet potato (foodstuff)
polynesian arrowrootnoun	A plant with starchy tubers used like true arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides)
malanga coconoun	A variety of malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, a starchy tropical root vegetable related to taro, distinguished by having corms that are round like coconuts.
marantanoun	arrowroot plant (Maranta arundinacea)
yam beannoun	A tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.
tucumanoun	A fruit from this palm.
sagonoun	A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.