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cassava

KATA-KATA TERKAIT :

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cassava has 3 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

cassavan. [F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in the language of Haiti.].
  •  A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.  [1913 Webster]
    " There are two species, bitter and sweet, from which the cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies, tropical America, and Africa. The bitter (Manihot utilissima) is the more important; this has a poisonous sap, but by grating, pressing, and baking the root the poisonous qualities are removed. The sweet (Manihot Aipi) is used as a table vegetable."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

cassava, n.
1 a any plant of the genus Manihot, esp. the cultivated varieties M. esculenta (bitter cassava) and M. dulcis (sweet cassava), having starchy tuberous roots. b the roots themselves.
2 a starch or flour obtained from these roots. Also called TAPIOCA, MANIOC.

Etymology
earlier cas(s)avi etc., f. Taino casavi, infl. by F cassave
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