casava
Noun
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Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch (synset 112947240)
subtypes:
- bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant - cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
- manihot dulcis, sweet cassava - South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed
belongs to: genus manihot, manihot - genus of economically important tropical plants: cassavasame as: cassava
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