1.Definition: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

Related Noun(s):cassava, manioca

Category: General

2.Definition: cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

Related Noun(s):cassava

Category: Plants

3.Definition: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca

Related Noun(s):bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, tapioca plant

Category: Plants