How to Use cassava in a Sentence

cassava

noun
  • Green plots of sorghum, cassava, tomatoes and onions ring its edges.
    — Julie Bourdin, NPR, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Fields of peanuts, cassava, beans and corn have been abandoned.
    — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2017
  • The cassava plant is one of the most important food sources in the world.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 13 Dec. 2019
  • This starch is extracted from the roots of cassava plants.
    — Samantha Lauriello, Health, 6 Aug. 2025
  • In these countries, most of the calories come from carbs, from corn, cassava and rice.
    — Richard Schiffman, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Sometimes as simple as warm cassava buns stuffed with cheese.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Inside were sacks of cassava flour and rice as well as an ample supply of yams.
    — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Pour the milk mixture over the cassava flour and beat with a wooden spoon to combine.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 30 June 2022
  • Tapioca is a starch derived from the root of the cassava plant.
    — Kristen Gasnick, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2025
  • When the fruit and the cassava ran out, the children ate seeds, the family said.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 June 2023
  • Don't confuse this with cassava flour, which is more fibrous and made using the whole root.
    — Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 13 June 2022
  • There’s a spicy version of each and another made with cassava chips.
    — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
  • The dancers, like young cassava shoots during monsoon, shaped their movement to the flow of the rhythm.
    — Wired, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The menu includes soupa konji, jollof rice, green fig dumplings, cassava pudding with rum caramel and more.
    — Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • For starters, cassava and tapioca flour aren’t the same thing — a fact that slipped my mind while filling the cart.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 11 Jan. 2020
  • Instead, this brand uses a blend of cassava and coconut flour, plus ground chia seeds to make these grain-free chips.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Turn the dough onto a surface dusted with cassava flour and knead until smooth.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 8 Jan. 2020
  • Meals consisted of sweet potato greens and the cassava mush known as fufu.
    — Jocelyn C. Zuckerman, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
  • That may push them to grow crops that aren’t susceptible, such as cassava and sweet potatoes.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Longer term, the researchers are hoping to raise yields in staple foods like rice, cowpea and cassava.
    — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Wet laundry is slung over pipelines to dry; the kpokpo (tapioca) cassava is dried in front of the gas flare.
    — Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Fried fish paired with farofa, the popular cassava-flour side dish, made there with clams and bananas.
    — David Amsden, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
  • These gluten-free pancakes are made with cassava flour, which is made from a starchy tuberous root vegetable called a yuca.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2023
  • My grandma dips a spoonful of brown beans into a bowl of the cold, thick porridge made from cassava and brings it to her lips.
    — Chisom Peter Job, Bon Appétit, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Dargie passed chikwangue, a rubbery, bread-like cassava staple boiled and stored in big leaves, and cans of sardines.
    — National Geographic, 1 Oct. 2019
  • In the kitchen on this day, giant bubbling crocks of cassava leaf stew, peanut butter soup and jollof rice sat over jumping blue flames.
    — Mará Rose Williams, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Already, consumers have shifted to using flour from cassava or corn to make pastries and bread.
    — Jesse Newman, WSJ, 2 May 2022
  • Less common are cassava, coconut and chickpea flours.
    — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Fariña is a cassava flour that people eat in the Amazon region.
    — Manuel Rueda and Regina Garcia Cano, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • Crops, such as millet, cassava, and maize, are grown almost entirely with the help of rainfall.
    — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021

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