CASSAVA

or manioc, a tropical plant) e of the West Indies and South America, P which has vse | fleshy roots. By washing} o the peeled an — roots, a starch is| si obtained, which when roasted is called tapioca, and when dried in the sun} C Brazilian arrowroot. The roots of one/w kind of manioc contain poison, which | ti is remored by boiling. Q [s. 93]