| NOUN | plant | casava, cassava | any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch |
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| Meaning | Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch. | |
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| Synonym | cassava | |
| Member of | Manihot, genus Manihot | genus of economically important tropical plants |
| Narrower | bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima | cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems |
| sweet cassava, Manihot dulcis | South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed | |
| Broader | shrub, bush | A low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
| Spanish | manihot esculenta | |
| Catalan | mandioca | |
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