a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

[ Syn: cassava starch , manioc , manioca ]

cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

[ Syn: manioc ]

any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

[ Syn: casava ]