cassava
IPA: kæsʌvʌ
noun
- Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
- Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots.
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Examples of "cassava" in Sentences
- Cassava and yam are important crops.
- Cassava is mainly prepared as a dessert.
- In cassava it is found in the cell walls.
- The cassava is peeled, boiled and mashed.
- Cassava must be cooked properly to detoxify it before it is eaten.
- Bammy is made from grated cassava root or cassava root flour and salt.
- Boiled cassava is also made into a popular sweet pudding or cassava cake .
- A casabe is a thin flatbread made from bitter cassava root without leavening.
- Although cassava is the same thing as yucca, we do not call the veggie cassava.
- These include the deadly cassava brown streak, banana bunchy top disease, rice yellow mottle, and maize streak virus, among others.
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