cassava
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6.3
- noun
- /kəˈsɑːvə/
:
yuca
- By planting cassava as a relay crop, farmers extended the usable period of plots and saved labor costs.
- cassava and maize
- cassava and sweet potatoes
- cassava and yams
And if people were to eat unprocessed cassava roots, you know, they would literally kill them.
- And if people were to eat unprocessed cassava roots, you know, they would literally kill them.
Examples
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Promotion of cassava as a staple food facilitated the decline in millet and sorghum production.
Academic text (1991) -
Therefore, women freely used the cassava and grain stores as needed.
Academic text (1991) -
So and you can make a really great cassava cake with the meat, among other things.
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Anna said, "We need to get cassava in the ground."
Fiction book (1996) -
Time to wash the cassava.
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There is a saying in Africa that where cassava grows, there is no hunger.
Academic text (2010) -
"Eat this," the older woman said, pressing a wedge of cassava in her hand.
Fiction book (2000) -
Centipedes attacked cassava, the staple of the people, and this raised a great alarm.
Academic text (1999) -
The women entered the yard with fins of steaming ginger tea and baskets of cassava bread.
Fiction book (2000) -
Cassava is often used to make tapioca pudding, which is a popular dessert in many cultures.
Synonyms
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7.5
A tropical plant with thick starchy roots used for food
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3.5
A tropical plant with thick starchy roots eaten like potatoes
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7.5
A tropical plant with a large starchy root used for food and to make flour
A plant with long edible roots grown for its starch used to make tapioca
A plant with thick edible roots used to make food and products like tapioca
A cassava with roots that need less cooking and leaves used to feed animals
A type of cassava with bitter roots that contain poison and must be processed before eating
Compounds
- Indian
A type of cassava with bitter roots that contain poison and must be processed before eating
- Australian
A cassava with roots that need less cooking and leaves used to feed animals
How Starchy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cassava comes from a Native American word often written casabi, which meant 'bread' made from the manioc plant's starchy root. So cassava today names that starchy root people eat or turn into foods like tapioca.