1. (

• cassava ,
• cassava_starch ,
• manioc ,
• manioca

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

2. (

• cassava ,
• manioc ,

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

3. (

• bitter_cassava ,
• manioc ,
• mandioc ,
• mandioca ,
• tapioca_plant ,
• gari ,
• Manihot_esculenta ,
• Manihot_utilissima

) cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca ;