cassava

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cas·sa·va /kəˈsɑːvə/ noun [countable, uncountable]  DFHBPa tropical plant with thick roots that you can eat, or the flour made from these roots 木薯；木薯淀粉

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cassava• Alcohol can be produced from plants such as sugar cane and cassava by fermentation and distillation.• Jungle herbs and cassava root chips', was all I was told.• In the reverse direction the country received its most abundantly grown foodstuffs of today - maize and cassava.• In response peasants cultivate bulkier but less nutritious crops, such as cassava.• Many farmers stopped producing cocoa altogether or switched to food crops, like maize or cassava, that fetched more reliable prices.• Coconuts are being scraped and the juice is squeezed on pounded taro or cassava for puddings.• The main cash crops were coffee, sugar cane and cotton, with cassava the domestic staple.Origin cassava (1500-1600) Spanish cazabe “cassava bread”, from Taino caçabi

cas·sa·va nounChineseSyllable  

a thick roots with that plant Corpus tropical

cassava
cas‧sa‧va /kəˈsɑːvə/ noun [uncountable and countable]a tropical plant with thick roots that you can eat, or the flour made from these roots

cas·savaBrE /kəˈsɑːvə/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈsɑːvə/ 🔊 (also man·ioc) noun [uncountable] a tropical plant with many branches and long roots that you can eat 木薯（热带植物，多枝长根，可食用）the roots of this plant, which can be boiled, fried, roasted or made into flour 木薯块根（可制成木薯粉）