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cas⋅sa⋅va

  [kuh-sah-vuh]
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–noun
1. any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Manihot, of the spurge family, as M. esculenta (bitter cassava) and M. dulcis (sweet cassava), cultivated for their tuberous roots, which yield important food products.
2. a nutritious starch from the roots, the source of tapioca.
Origin:
1545–55; < Sp cazabe cassava bread or meal < Taino caçábi
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cas·sa·va   (kə-sä'və)   
n.   In both senses also called manioc, yuca.

  1. A shrubby tropical American plant (Manihot esculenta) widely grown for its large, tuberous, starchy roots.

  2. The root of this plant, eaten as a staple food in the tropics only after leaching and drying to remove cyanide. Cassava starch is also the source of tapioca.


[Ultimately from Taino casavi, flour from manioc.]
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Word Origin & History

cassava 
1555, from Port. cassave, from Taino (Haiti) caçabi.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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