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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese cassave, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”)[1] (compare Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kəˈsɑːvə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːvə
Noun
[edit]cassava (countable and uncountable, plural cassavas)
- Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
- Synonym: yuca
- Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots.
- 1677, Thomas Holyoke [i.e., Thomas Holyoake], “Jucca”, in A Large Dictionary: In Three Parts: I. The English before the Latin, [...] II. The Latin before the English, [...] III. The Proper Names of Persons, Places, and Other Things Necessary to the Understanding of Historians and Poets. [...], London: Printed for W[illiam] Rawlins, for G[eorge] Sawbridge, W[illiam] Place, T[homas] Basset, T[homas] Dring, J[ohn] Leigh, and J[ohn] Place, →OCLC:
- Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made.
Derived terms
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[edit]manioc, the source of tapioca
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References
[edit]Cassava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Manihot esculenta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cassava”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Italian
[edit]Verb
[edit]cassava
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]cassava
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