noun (n)

• a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics(noun.substance)

  Synonym:
  cassava starch, manioc, manioca
  

  source: wordnet30
• cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca(noun.plant)

  Synonym:
  manioc
  

  source: wordnet30
• any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch(noun.plant)

  Synonym:
  casava
  

  source: wordnet30
• A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc.(noun)

  source: webster1913