cassava - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

Synonyms

• casava
• cassava

More generic

• bush
• shrub

More specific

• Manihot dulcis
• Manihot esculenta
• Manihot utilissima
• bitter cassava
• gari
• mandioc
• mandioca
• manioc
• sweet cassava
• tapioca plant

Related

• Manihot
• genus Manihot

Noun

cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

Synonyms

• cassava
• manioc

More generic

• root

Related

• Manihot esculenta
• Manihot utilissima
• bitter cassava
• gari
• mandioc
• mandioca
• manioc
• tapioca plant

Related

• tapioca

Noun

a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

Synonyms

• cassava
• cassava starch
• manioc
• manioca

More generic

• amylum
• starch

Related

• tapioca

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