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Definition of: cassava
(kə·sä′və) noun
1. One of several tropical American shrubs or herbs (genus Manihot), cultivated for their edible roots; especially, the sweet cassava (M. dulcis) and the bitter cassava (M. exculens); manioc.
2. A starch made from the roots of these plants, valued as the source of tapioca. Also spelled casava. [<F cassave <Taino casavi]
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