cassava lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• 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
• cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
• A plant genus of the family EUPHORBIACEAE that is perennial with conspicuous, almost palmate leaves like those of RICINUS but more deeply parted into five to nine lobes. It is a source of a starch after removal of the cyanogenic glucosides. The common name of Arrowroot is also used with Maranta (MARANTACEAE). The common name of yuca is also used for YUCCA.