cassavas

Noun

cassava (countable and uncountable, plural cassavas)

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

   Synonyms:

   yuca

2. 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

3. 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...