noun
- 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 starch, manioc, manioca
- Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca.
- synonyms: manioc
- Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch.
- synonyms: casava
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