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cassava
/kəˈsɑ.və/
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What does cassava mean?
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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Cultivation of crops - rice, cassava, bananas, and sugarcane - are limited to the coastal area, where the population is largely concentrated.
Cultivation of crops - rice, cassava, bananas, and sugarcane - is limited to the coastal area, where the population is largely concentrated.
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I searched for the cassava root, which the Indians, in all that climate, make their bread of, but I could find none.
Their hammocks, their reed mats, their pots for holding cassava and fermented maize, their bows and arrows, everything is arranged in the greatest order.
Before each hut a woman presided over a boiling stew, while little cakes of plantain, and cassava puddings were to be seen on every hand.