noun
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
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• Substance Meronyms: ↑cassiri
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noun : a cassava (Manihot utilissima) commonly used to make cassiri and other intoxicating drinks
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bitter cassava,
a cassava, the source of tapioca, whose roots contain a bitter acid which is removed by grinding and washing to make them edible.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.