Cassava

Definitions: Cassava

Cassava

Noun

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.

Date "cassava" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1719. (references)

Etymology: Cassava \Cas"sa*va\, noun. [French expression cassave, Spanish cazabe, from kasabi, in the language of Hayti.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Cassava

Synonyms: casava (n), cassava starch (n), manioc (n), manioca (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Cassava

English words defined with "cassava": bitter cassava ♦ Cassada, cassareep, cassava starch, cassiri ♦ gari, genus Manihot ♦ Indian bread ♦ mandioc, mandioca, Manihot, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, manioc, manioca ♦ sweet cassava ♦ tapioca, tapioca plant. (references)

Specialty definitions using "cassava": MELICOCCUS BIJUGATUS ♦ roots and tubers production. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Cassava" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Portuguese (cassava).

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Commercial Usage: Cassava

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Cassava (Manioc) Starch: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	A Bahian Counterpoint: Sugar, Tobacco, Cassava, and Slavery in the Reconcavo, 1780-1860 (reference) Cassava and Chicha: Bread and Beer of the Amazonian Indians (reference) Cassava as animal feed : proceedings of a workshop held at the University of Guelph, 18-20 April 1977 (reference) Cassava Cultural Practices (reference) Summary Proceedings of a Workshop on Trends and Prospects of Cassava in the Third World (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Cassava Balls [EXTRA TRACKS] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Cassava

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Woman beating cassava, Jamaica.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Cassava

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This condition was initially thought to be associated with infectious agents (such as Treponema pertenue and Treponema pallidum which cause inflammation of the central nervous system) and with chronic nutritional deficiencies (such as avitaminosis) or exposure to potentially toxic foods (such as bitter cassava). (references)
Economic History	Comoros	Principal food crops are coconuts, bananas, and cassava. (references)
	Democratic Republic of Congo	Food crops include cassava, plantains, maize, groundnuts, and rice. (references)
	Niger	Millet, sorghum, and cassava are Niger's principal rainfed subsistence crops. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Cassava

"Cassava" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cassava" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	40	54,274

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Cassava

Expressions using "cassava": bitter cassava ♦ cassava starch ♦ Cassava wood ♦ sweet cassava. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cassava

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
agriculture cassava	129	cassava picture	5
cassava	44	cassava processing	4
cassava importer	32	cassava enterprise	4
cassava cake	30	cassava starch	3
cassava company list	29	cassava use	3
buyer cassava wholesale	17	cassava composition	2
cassava seller	13	cassava in nam plant viet	2
cake cassava recipe	11	cassava leaf	2
cassava plant	11	cassava e mail yuca	2
cassava recipe	9	cassava harvester	2
cassava root	8	cake cassava filipino	2
cassava chip	5	cassava filipino recipe	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Cassava

Language		Translations for "cassava"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏المنيهوت نبات (manioc), ‏دقيق البفرة. (various references)

Bulgarian		маниока (manioc). (various references)

Chamorro		mendioka. (various references)

Chinese		木薯. (various references)

Danish		maniok (mandioca, manioc, tapoica plant). (various references)

Dutch		cassave (mandioca, manioc, tapoica plant), maniok (cassave, mandioca, manioc, tapoica plant). (various references)

Esperanto		kasavo. (various references)

Finnish		maniokki (bitter cassava, manioc, tapioca plant), kassava (bitter cassava, manioc, tapioca plant). (various references)

French		manioc. (various references)

German		Maniokstrauch, maniok (mandioca, manioc, tapoica plant). (various references)

Greek		κασάβα, μανιόκα (mandioca, manioc, tapoica plant). (various references)

Hungarian		manióka (manioc), maniókaliszt, maniókalepény, kasszava. (various references)

Indonesian		singkong. (various references)

Italian		manioca (mandioca, manioc, tapoica plant). (various references)

Pig Latin		assavacay

Portuguese		mandioca (mandioca, manioc, maniple, tapoica plant). (various references)

Romanian		manioc (manioc). (various references)

Russian		маниока (manioc). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		tropska biljka, maniok (manioc). (various references)

Shona		mufarinya. (various references)

Spanish		mandioca (mandioca, manioc, tapoica plant). (various references)

Sranan		kasaba. (various references)

Swahili		muhogo (cassave). (various references)

Swedish		manioka. (various references)

Vietnamese		bột sắn bánh mì bột sắn. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Cassava

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Manihot aipi, Manihot utilissima. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Cassava

Derivations
	Words beginning with "cassava": cassavas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Cassava" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: casana, cassa, Cassida, cassova, causovic, Cszaba, Kassala, Kastva, Katsav, Kossovo. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Cassava"

Words rhyming with "cassava" (pronounced 'Cas"sa*va'): Ajava, Comitiva, Conferva, Conjunctiva, Contrayerva, Diva, guava, Java, Kiva, larva, LAVA, Minerva, Nova, Oliva, Piassava, Postcava, Praecava, Saiva, saliva, Saxicava, Sieva, silva, Siva, Ulva, Urva, Uva, Vaishnava, Viva, Volva, Vulva. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Cassava

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: casavas.
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-s-s-v"
	-1 letter: casava.
	-2 letters: casas.
	-3 letters: casa, sacs, vacs, vasa.
	-4 letters: aas, ass, ava, sac, vac, vas.
	-5 letters: aa, as.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-s-s-v"
	+1 letter: cassavas.
	+4 letters: canvasbacks.
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