cassava
Meanings
noun
- Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
- The root of this plant.
- Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish cazabe, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”) (whence Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.
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