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

synonyms: cassava starch, manioc, manioca.

Dutch: maniok, cassave, cassavebrood
Polish: kassawa

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

synonym: manioc.

Polish: maniok

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

synonym: casava.

Dutch: cassavebrood
Polish: maniok