cassava

cassava is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.
2. noun. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
3. noun. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

   Synonyms: casava

4. noun. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

   Synonyms: manioc

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

   Synonyms: manioc, manioca

Synonyms

casava, manioc, manioca

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in cassava:

casavas

Common word forms

cassavas

Words from these letters

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