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Cassava

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

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maniocnoun(uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.
maniocanounAlternative form of manioc [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.]
casavanounAlternative form of cassava. [Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.]
cassava starchnouna starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
virusnounA 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).
tapiocanounA starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
cassabanouna Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)), about 3.5 metres.
manihocnounObsolete form of manioc. [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.]
manihotnoun(obsolete) manioc
yucanouncassava
cocoyamnounOld cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
cassava woodnounA West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceae.
taronounColocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
batatanounsweet potato (foodstuff)
polynesian arrowrootnounA plant with starchy tubers used like true arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides)
malanga coconounA variety of malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, a starchy tropical root vegetable related to taro, distinguished by having corms that are round like coconuts.
marantanounarrowroot plant (Maranta arundinacea)
yam beannounA tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.
tucumanounA fruit from this palm.
sagonounA powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.

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