casava (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *casava*:
NOUN	plant	casava, cassava	any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

English > *casava*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
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
Narrower	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

HyperDic: casava