Cassava Synonyms

kə-sävə
Cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. manioc
  2. cassava starch
  3. manioca
Any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. casava
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Words Related to Cassava

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. cowpea
  2. sorghum
  3. groundnut
  4. pigeonpea
  5. manihot
  6. papaya
  7. sugarcane
  8. virus-resistant
  9. virus-disease
  10. soybean

Cassava Sentence Examples

  • The cassava (manioca) and indigo plants are indigenous.

  • The crops cultivated are rice, of an excellent quality, cassava, maize and ginger.

  • The first named, which is poisonous in its native state, is the cassava of Spanish America.

  • It is closely related to the Manioc, cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot utilissima) which it resembles when young and exhibits a similar tuberous root system.

  • Yuca (Manihot utilissima), known as cassava in the West Indies and mandioca in Brazil, is also widely cultivated for food and for the manufacture of starch.

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