cassava

• cassaba, cassada

From Spanish cazabe, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”)^[1] (compare Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈsɑːvə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

cassava (countable and uncountable, plural cassavas)

1. Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.

   Synonym: yuca

2. Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots.
   • 1677, Thomas Holyoke [i.e., Thomas Holyoake], “Jucca”, in A Large Dictionary: In Three Parts: I. The English before the Latin, [...] II. The Latin before the English, [...] III. The Proper Names of Persons, Places, and Other Things Necessary to the Understanding of Historians and Poets. [...], London: Printed for W[illiam] Rawlins, for G[eorge] Sawbridge, W[illiam] Place, T[homas] Basset, T[homas] Dring, J[ohn] Leigh, and J[ohn] Place, →OCLC:

     Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made.

• cassava wood

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• Manihot esculenta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

cassava

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of cassare

cassava

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of cassar