cassava
pronunciation
How to pronounce cassava in British English:
UK [kəˈsɑ:və]
How to pronounce cassava in American English:
US [kəˈsɑvə]
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- Noun:
- a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
- cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
- any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
Word Origin
- cassava (n.)
- 1560s, from French cassave, Spanish casabe, or Portuguese cassave, from Taino (Haiti) caçabi. Earlier in English as cazabbi (1550s).
Example
- 1. The women grow cassava , beans and bananas .
- 2. It released a vitamin a-rich cassava in nigeria in 2011 .
- 3. We 're eating cassava and ugali .
- 4. Cassava root is cheap and grows in even the worst conditions .
- 5. A wasp was brought from south america to combat africa 's cassava mealybug .