Synonyms for cassava
kəˈsɑ vəcas·sa·va

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1. cassava, cassava starch, manioc, maniocanoun

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

   Synonyms:
   casava, mandioc, tapioca plant, mandioca, cassava starch, manioc, gari, bitter cassava, manioca

2. cassava, maniocnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   casava, mandioc, tapioca plant, mandioca, cassava starch, manioc, gari, bitter cassava, manioca

3. cassava, casavanoun

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

   Synonyms:
   casava, manioc, manioca, cassava starch

Matched Categories

1. • Root
   • Shrub
   • Starch

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cassavanoun

   Synonyms:
   tapioca (crude), manioc

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1. List of paraphrases for "cassava":

   manioc

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1. Lisa Ovifa:

   The soil is very hard and we have tried irrigating it with river water, but it has not helped, so we are surviving on bananas and cassava.

2. Clair Hershey:

   More than 200 million people rely on cassava as a basic food crop.

3. Patrice Talla Takoukam:

   What we're looking for is not to change the habit of the population, knowing that in the south they are used to eating maize and cassava, we don't want to add another challenge to the ones they are already facing.

4. Krystal Tolley:

   The first one we found was in the transition zone on the forest edge, where there are some trees but mostly maize and cassava plants, when we found it we got goosebumps and just started jumping around. We didn't know if we would get any more, but once we got into the forest there were plenty, although I don't know how long that will last.

5. Adeline Tahiriaza:

   Before we only planted cassava the traditional way, now we know how to use other seeds, and take care of the land.