cassava

plural cassavas · alternative cassaba · alternative cassada

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

   Synonyms: yuca

2. countableuncountableThe 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. countableuncountableTapioca, 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 Necessary to the Understanding of Historians and Poets. …, London: Printed for W[illiam] Rawlins, for G[eorge] Sawbridge, W[illiam] Place, T[homas] Basset, T[homas] Dring, J[ohn] Leigh, and J[ohn] Place, →OCLC