名詞 cassava:

1. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
   同義詞：cassava starch, manioc, manioca
2. cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
   同義詞：manioc
3. any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
   同義詞：casava

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n.（名詞）
A shrubby tropical American plant(Manihot esculenta) widely grown for its large, tuberous, starchy roots.
木薯：一種美洲熱帶灌木植物（木薯 可食用木薯屬） ，以其塊莖狀、含淀粉的碩大根而廣泛種植
The root of this plant, eaten as a staple food in the tropics only after leaching and drying to remove cyanide. Cassava starch is also the source of tapioca.Also called manioc
木薯根：該植物的根，經(jīng)瀝濾和曬干去除氰化物后，作為一種主要食物在熱帶地區(qū)食用。木薯粉也是食用淀粉的來源也作 manioc

來源：
Ultimately from Taino casavi [flour from manioc]
最終源自 泰諾語 casavi [木薯屬植物制成的面粉]