cassava
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cassava
- /kəˈsɑː.və/ UK
- /kəˈsɑ.və/ US
Rhymes with -ɑːvə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”) (whence Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi. Doublet of cazabe (“bread made of cassava”).
noun cassavas · cassaba · cassada
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Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
Similar: yuca
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The root of this plant.
There was a smell of evening and of coolness after a hot day and a slight scent of peat-smoke that came from cassava being roasted in one of the fishermen's huts in the village away to the right.
Similar: yuca
- Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots. Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made.
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noun plant (''Manihot esculenta'')
| Español | yuca, cashcamote |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 카사바 kasaba, 마니옥 maniok |
| 日本語 | キャッサバ kyassaba |
| 中文 | 木薯 mùshǔ |
| हिन्दी | सागू sāgū |
| Kiswahili | muhogo |
| Português | mandioca, aipim, macaxeira |
| Français | manioc |
| Deutsch | Maniok, Mandioka, Kassawa, Kassava |
| Italiano | manioca |
| Română | manioc |
| Русский | манио́к maniók, манио́ка manióka, манио́т maniót |
| Tiếng Việt | sắn, khoai mì |
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