| NOUN | substance | cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca | a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant |
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| plant | cassava, manioc | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching | |
| plant | cassava, casava | any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch |
| Meaning | A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics. | |
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| Synonyms | cassava starch, manioc, manioca | |
| Broader | starch, amylum | A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice |
| Substance of | tapioca | granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings |
| Spanish | casabe, casava, mandioca, yuca | |
| Catalan | cassava, mandioca, tapioca, yuca | |
| Meaning | cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca. | |
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| Synonym | manioc | |
| Part of | bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima | cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems |
| Broader | root | (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes |
| Substances | tapioca | granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings |
| Meaning | Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch. | |
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| Synonym | casava | |
| 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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