CASSAVA STARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cassava starch mean? 

• CASSAVA STARCH (noun)
  The noun CASSAVA STARCH has 1 sense:

1. a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

  Familiarity information: CASSAVA STARCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASSAVA STARCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cassava; cassava starch; manioc; manioca

Hypernyms ("cassava starch" is a kind of...):

amylum; starch (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)

Holonyms ("cassava starch" is a substance of...):

tapioca (granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings)

 Context examples 

A team of scientists in Brazil has developed a biodegradable plastic that could be used for food packaging or carrier bags, by applying ozone gas to cassava starch.

(Scientists develop biodegradable plastic from cassava starch, SciDev.Net)