cassava

English - Turkish

Definition of cassava in English Turkish dictionary

Manyok kuraklığa dayanıklı bir ekindir ve bu nedenle milyonlarca insan için önemli bir temel gıdadır. - Cassava is a drought-tolerant crop and consequently a major staple food for millions of people.

Nijerya dünyanın en büyük manyok üreticisidir. - Nigeria is the world's largest producer of cassava.

{i} (Botanik) manyok

tapyoka

manyok kökünden çıkarılan nişasta

English - English

Definition of cassava in English English dictionary: Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with the roots of this tropical plant; manioc, the source of tapioca, Manihot esculenta; a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics; Cassava is a substance that comes from the root of the cassava plant and is used to make flour. a tropical plant with thick roots that you can eat, or the flour made from these roots (cazabe , from caçabi). or manioc or yuca Tuberous edible perennial plant (Manihot esculenta) of the spurge family, from the New World tropics. It is cultivated for its tuberous roots, from which cassava flour, breads, tapioca, a laundry starch, and an alcoholic beverage are derived. It has conspicuous, almost palmate (fan-shaped) leaves and fleshy roots. Different varieties range from low herbs through many-branched shrubs to slender, unbranched trees adapted to diverse habitats; a white vegetable that grows under ground; any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics; an edible, starchy root used in making bread or cakes; The cassava is a root with a crisp white flesh There are two main categories of cassava: sweet and bitter Bitter cassavas are toxic until cooked Cassava is used to make "cassreep" and "tapioca "; Any of several tropical American plants with a tuberous root that yields a nutritive starch; any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch; An edible tuberous root, eaten similar to the way potatoes are in America In Central Africa the leaves are cooked as greens, similar to collards, kale or turnip; shrubby tropical plant widely grown for its large, tuberous, starchy roots, and eaten as a staple food by inhabitants of the Caribbean, Africa, and South America; Cassava is a South American plant with thick roots. It is grown for food. = manioc; A tropical plant of the spurge family, having edible starchy roots used for making bread or cakes and cassava cereal, known as kwaka; A starchy pulp made with the roots of this tropical plant; {i} manioc, tropical plant; starchy root of the cassava plant resembling bulbs used as food (requires particular careful preparation to remove small amount of cyanide); starch made by straining and drying the root of the cassava plant; cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca; A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; called also manioc; A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca
cassava starch: cassava: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
cassava wood: A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ
bitter cassava: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
sweet cassava: South American plant with roots used as a vegetable and herbage used for stock feed