Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cassava

3 senses of cassava

Sense 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)
       => starch, amylum -- (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)

Sense 2
cassava, manioc -- (cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca)
       => root -- ((botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground)

Sense 3
cassava, casava -- (any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)