cassava
/kəˈsɑː.və/US/kəˈsɑ.və/
cassava noun: manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
Noun
cassava (countable and uncountable, plural cassavas)
- Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
- Synonyms:
- yuca
- The root of this plant.
- There was a smell of evening and of coolness after a hot day and a slight scent of peat-smoke that came from cassava being roasted in one of the fishermen's huts in the village away to the right.1954, Ian Fleming, “Passionate Leave”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 242
- Synonyms:
- yuca
- Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots.
- Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made.1677, Thomas Holyoke, “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...
cassava meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
cassava in Hindi
- plant (''Manihot esculenta'')
- सागू sāgū
cassava in Tamil
- plant (''Manihot esculenta'')
- மரவள்ளி maravaḷḷi, மரவள்ளிக் கிழங்கு maravaḷḷik kiḻaṅku, குச்சிக் கிழங்கு kuccik kiḻaṅku, குச்சிவள்ளிக் கிழங்கு kuccivaḷḷik kiḻaṅku
cassava in Bengali
- plant (''Manihot esculenta'')
- কাসাভা kaśabha
cassava in Malayalam
- plant (''Manihot esculenta'')
- മരച്ചീനി maraccīni, കപ്പ kappa
More languagesFewer languages
- cassava in Kannada
- ಮರಗೆಣಸು marageṇasu
- cassava in Tagalog
- kamoteng-kahoy, balinghoy
- cassava in Malay
- ubi kayu
- cassava in Indonesian
- ubi kayu, ketela pohon, singkong
- cassava in Thai
- มันสำปะหลัง man-sǎm-bpà-lǎng
- cassava in Vietnamese
- sắn, khoai mì
- cassava in Myanmar
- ပီလောပီနံ pilau:pinam
Examples of cassava in a sentence
- The dish is chock-full of cassava, seasoned sausages, corn and potatoes.
- There were some trampled-looking patches of cassava and taro and a beached, derelict car or two.
- Some have been traced to specific causes, including infection with HTLV-I, or the chronic ingestion of cassava beans or lathyrogenic agents.
Synonyms of cassava
Forms of cassava
| plural | cassavas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | cassaba |
| alternative form | cassada |
Origin of cassava
Borrowed from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”) (whence Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.
Words formed from cassava
Words that rhyme with cassava
Questions about cassava
- What does cassava mean?
- Cassava means manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
- What is cassava in Hindi?
- Cassava in Hindi is सागू (sāgū). See Cassava meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cassava?
- Cassava is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cassava?
- Cassava is pronounced /kəˈsɑː.və/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cassava?
- The plural of cassava is cassavas.
Words near cassava in the dictionary
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