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Cassava

noun
1.
A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.  Synonyms: cassava starch, manioc, manioca.
2.
Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca.  Synonym: manioc.
3.
Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.  Synonym: casava.



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"Cassava" Quotes from Famous Books



... canoe, and also to inquire about Maono and Illora, whose absence had caused the tribe great alarm. They had also brought us some mandioca-flour and a supply of fruits. Farinha or flour, I should say, is produced from the same root—cassava, or manioc—as is tapioca, and is like it in appearance, only of a yellower colour, caused by the woody fibre mixed with the pure starch which forms the tapioca. There were also several cabbage-palms, always a welcome addition to our vegetables. Among the fruit were some pine-apples, ...
— On the Banks of the Amazon • W.H.G. Kingston

... would make even a longer list, but we note a few of those with whose names and forms we are acquainted: yams, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, carrots, turnips, celery, beets, egg plant, radishes, peas, beans, tomatoes, cabbage, pumpkins, cantaloupes, watermelons, squashes, peppers, cassava, ...
— A Little Journey to Puerto Rico - For Intermediate and Upper Grades • Marian M. George

... Janipha Manihot, or Manioc-plant, contains a poisonous substance, supposed to be hydrocyanic acid, along with which there is a considerable proportion of starch. The poisonous matter is removed by roasting and washing, and the starch thus obtained is formed into the cassava-bread of tropical countries, and is also occasionally imported ...
— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 - Volume 17, New Series, May 8, 1852 • Various



Words linked to "Cassava" :   Manihot dulcis, gari, tapioca, genus Manihot, bush, shrub, tapioca plant, Manihot esculenta, root, mandioca, amylum, Manihot utilissima, Manihot, starch, mandioc



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