English > cassava starch: 1 sense > noun 1, substance| Meaning | 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, 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 |
|---|