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Yuca

Cassava

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noun
  1. 1

    Cassava

  2. 2

    Cassava root

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yuccanounAny of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca, having long, pointed, and rigid leaves at the top of a woody stem, and bearing a large panicle of showy white blossoms.
yukanounA female given name from Japanese.
cassavanounThe root of this plant.
cassabanouna Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)), about 3.5 metres.
casavanounAlternative form of cassava. [Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.]
tapiocanounA starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
maniocnoun(uncountable) Cassava root, eaten as a food.
yautianounAn edible plant commonly found in the Caribbean: Xanthosoma sagittifolium, new cocoyam.
yaconnounThe crisp, sweet-tasting tuberous root of this plant
maniocanounAlternative form of manioc [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.]
datilnounA datil pepper, a very spicy pepper of the species Capsicum chinense.
manihocnounObsolete form of manioc. [(countable, uncountable) The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.]
banana yuccanounA yucca native to deserts of the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Yucca baccata
cocoyamnounOld cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
yam beannounA tropical vine, Pachyrhizus erosus, grown for its crisp, starchy edible root, the jicama.
jicamanounThe edible root of the yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) used in salads in Central America and as a snack in Mexico.
cassava woodnounA West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceae.
cush-cushnounA tropical American yam with small yellow-skinned edible tubers: Dioscorea trifida
datil yuccanounA yucca with edible fruit variously compared to dates or bananas, and native to the deserts of the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Yucca baccata
manihotnoun(obsolete) manioc

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