cassava – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cassava
n.
manioc, tropical plant; starchy root of the cassava plant resembling bulbs used as food (requires particular careful preparation to remove small amount of cyanide); starch made by straining and drying the root of the cassava plant
Cassava
Manihot esculenta (
commonly called cassava ,
Brazilian arrowroot,
manioc, and
tapioca) is a woody
shrub native to
South America of the
spurge family,
Euphorbiaceae. It is extensively cultivated as an annual
crop in
tropical and
subtropical regions for its edible
starchy tuberous root, a major source of
carbohydrates. Though it is sometimes called
yuca in Spanish, it differs from the
yucca, an unrelated fruit-bearing shrub in the family
Asparagaceae. Cassava, when dried to a powdery (or pearly) extract, is called
tapioca; its fermented, flaky version is named
garri.
cassava
Noun
1. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
(synonym) cassava starch, manioc, manioca
(hypernym) starch, amylum
(substance-holonym) tapioca
2. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
(synonym) manioc
(hypernym) root
(part-holonym) bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima
(substance-meronym) tapioca
3. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
(synonym) casava
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(hyponym) bitter cassava, manioc, mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima
(member-holonym) Manihot, genus Manihot
cassare
v.
delete, erase; abrogate, disaffirm, annul, reverse a decision
cassar
v.
cashier, repeal, stop
