Cassa'va, a West Indian name of the plant also called Manioc (q.v.), and of the starch produced from it, which is otherwise called Brazilian Arrowroot, and is popularly known in Britain as Tapioca (q.v.).
Cassa'va
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 809
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