"cassavas" in the noun sense
1. cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca
a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant the source of tapioca a staple food in the tropics
2. cassava, manioc
cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching source of tapioca
3. cassava, casava
any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
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