cassava

English Thesaurus

1. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant,
definition	:	cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	manihot dulcis, sweet cassava,
definition	:	South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus manihot, manihot,
definition	:	genus of economically important tropical plants: cassava (noun.plant)

2. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	root,
definition	:	(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 (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, manihot esculenta, manihot utilissima, manioc, tapioca plant,
definition	:	cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	tapioca,
definition	:	granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings (noun.food)

3. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	amylum, starch,
definition	:	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 (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	tapioca,
definition	:	granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings (noun.food)