cassava

English

Alternative forms

• cassaba, cassada

Etymology

From Portuguese cassave, form Taino caçabi.

Noun

cassava (plural cassavas)

1. manioc, the source of tapioca, Manihot esculenta.
2. Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with the roots of this tropical plant.

See also

• Cassava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Manihot esculenta on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Manihot esculenta

Translations

manioc, the source of tapioca

• Ewe: agbeli n
• Portuguese: mandioca (pt) f, aipim (pt) m
• Russian: маниок (ru) (maniók) m, маниока (ru) (manióka) f, маниот (ru) (maniót) m

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• Afrikaans: maniok
• Bambara: bananku
• Czech: maniok
• Danish: maniok (da)
• Dutch: cassave
• Fijian: tapioka
• Finnish: maniokki
• French: manioc
• German: Maniok m, Mandioka, Kassava
• Guaraní mandio
• Gujarati: mogho
• Haitian Creole: manyok
• Ilocano: tugi
• Indonesian: singkong, ubi kayu
• Interlingua: cassava
• Kannada: mara genasu

• Kikuyu: mianga
• Luganda: muwogo
• Malayalam: kappa, maracheeni
• Malay: singkong, ubi kayu
• Napo Lowland Quechua: lumu
• Portuguese: mandioca, aipim, macaxeira
• Rotuman: maniok
• Sinhalese: mannyokka
• Spanish: yuca
• Swahili: muhogo
• Swedish: kassava (sv), maniok (sv)
• Tagalog: balinghoy
• Tamil: maravalli kilangu, kuchivalli kilangu
• Thai: mansampalang
• Tulu: mara kereng
• Vietnamese: sắn (generic term); củ sắn (root)
• Vietnamese: khoai mì, khoai sắn

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Italian

Verb

cassava

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of cassare