cassava
Kelime Anlamı :

1. tapyoka.
2. manyok.
3. manyok kökünden çıkarılan nişasta.
4. Manihot.
5. (Botanik) manyok.
Tanımlar :
1. A shrubby tropical american plant (Manihot esculenta) widely grown for its large, tuberous, starchy roots.
2. the root of this plant, eaten as a staple food in the tropics only after leaching and drying to remove cyanide. cassava starch is also the source of tapioca.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. manioc, the source of tapioca, Manihot esculenta.
2. tapioca, a starchy pulp made with the roots of this tropical plant.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.
2. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. the name of several species of Manihot, a euphorbiaceous genus of stout herbs, extensively cultivated for food in tropical america and on the coast of africa, from the tuberous roots of which cassava-bread, cassava-starch, and tapioca are made.
2. the starch prepared from the roots of the cassava-plant.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. 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 root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
3. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.