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Manihot esculenta vs cassava

cassava vs Manihot esculenta

Manihot esculenta and cassava both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Manihot esculenta Yes No No No
cassava Yes No No No
As nouns, cassava is a hypernym of Manihot esculenta; that is, cassava is a word with a broader meaning than Manihot esculenta:
  • Manihot esculenta: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
  • cassava: any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch
Other hypernyms of Manihot esculenta include casava.
Manihot esculenta (noun) cassava (noun)
cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca 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
Difference between Manihot esculenta and cassava

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