casava

Definitions of casava
  1. noun
    any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
    synonyms: cassava
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    types:
    Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manioc, tapioca plant
    cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
    Manihot dulcis, sweet cassava
    South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed
    type of:
    bush, shrub
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
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