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Cassava
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.
(2):
(n.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; - called also manioc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cassava'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cassava.html. 1828.