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Meanings of cassava starch in English

Portuguese
aipim
Catalan
mandioca

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

        aipim
        Portuguese
        polvilho
        Spanish
        almidón de mandioca

        Cassava starch powder.

              polvilho
              Synonyms
              Examples for "cassava"
              Examples for "cassava"
              1
              The cassava forms another important article of the food of the blacks.
              Will Weatherhelm: The Yarn of an Old Sailor
              2
              Although cassava leaves are high in protein, the protein is not bioavailable.
              Pubmed
              3
              Protein-protein interaction experiments consistently found that VPg proteins associate with cassava nCBPs.
              Pubmed
              4
              The country around is elevated, undulating, and very extensively planted with cassava.
              A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
              5
              Nothing is now cultivated but a little cassava, and a few plantains.
              Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of Amer...
              1
              The country was quite flat, and the people cultivated manioc very extensively.
              Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
              2
              There were yams also and a sort of dumpling made of manioc.
              O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
              3
              Shinte sent us two large baskets of manioc and six dried fishes.
              Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
              4
              Katende gave us only a little meal and manioc, and a fowl.
              Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
              5
              Bereft of state pay, Kubonge ekes out a living growing manioc.
              Reuters
              Usage of cassava starch in English
              1
              Cheap imports of cassava and cassava starch have largely been used instead of domestic corn in refineries, whose main products include ethanol and corn syrup.
              Reuters
              2
              He looked bigger than usual because his shirt was bloated, pumped up by cassava starch, and his trousers had two hard lines like sharp blades.
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              Translations for cassava starch
              Catalan
              mandioca