Definition for CASS'A-DA, or CASS'A-DO

CASS'A-DA, or CASS'A-DO, n.

A species of the genus Jatropha. The roots of the manihot or bitter cassada, and of the janipha, are made into a kind of bread which serves for food to the natives of Africa and the West Indies, and they are also roasted and eaten like potatoes. They yield also a great quantity of starch, which the Brazilians export in small lumps under the name of tapioca.

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