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cassava

cas·sava

UK/kəˈsɑː.və/ US/kəˈsɑ.və/ uncommon

noun

1.

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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2.

cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

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3.

any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

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Origin

Borrowed from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”) (whence Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.

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  • cassava wood

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