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

synoniemen: cassava starch, manioc, manioca.

Nederlands: maniok, cassave, cassavebrood
Pools: kassawa

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

synoniem: manioc.

Pools: maniok

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

synoniem: casava.

Nederlands: cassavebrood
Pools: maniok