Cassava - Definition
cassava
n 1: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the
cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the
tropics [syn: cassava, cassava starch, manioc,
manioca]
2: cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and
leaching; source of tapioca [syn: cassava, manioc]
3: any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy
roots yielding a nutritious starch [syn: cassava, casava]