1. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics; [syn: cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
cassava starch
n 1: a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the
cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the
tropics [syn: cassava, cassava starch, manioc,
manioca]