casava

Definitions of casava

1. noun

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

   types:

   Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manioc, tapioca plant

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

   Manihot dulcis, sweet cassava

   South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed

   type of:

   bush, shrub

   a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems