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cassava
[ kuh-sah-vuh ]
noun
- any of several tropical American plants belonging to the genus Manihot, of the spurge family, as M. esculenta bitter cassava and M. dulcis sweet cassava, cultivated for their tuberous roots, which yield important food products.
- a nutritious starch from the roots, the source of tapioca.
cassava
/ 办蓹藞蝉蓱藧惫蓹 /
noun
- Also calledmanioc any tropical euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, esp the widely cultivated American species M. esculenta (or utilissima ) ( bitter cassava ) and M. dulcis ( sweet cassava )
- a starch derived from the root of this plant: an important food in the tropics and a source of tapioca
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cassava1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of cassava1
Example Sentences
Making the traditional dough-like dish fufu, for example, is laborious and involves pounding cooked yams or cassava into a paste with a mortar.
Ivory Coast's national dish atti茅k茅 has gained UN cultural heritage status, along with Japanese sake, Thai prawn soup and Caribbean cassava bread.
Ivory Coast's beloved staple, atti茅k茅 - made from fermented cassava flour - has officially been added to Unesco's list of intangible cultural heritage.
Or she鈥檚 clutching an "ibende" - a long wooden stick that over the years she has used to pound millet or cassava or maize.
I love a dish with morels, calf brains and cassava terrine.
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