cassavas
- plural of cassava.
Example Sentences
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Even small labs can create disease-resistant cassavas or drought-resistant bananas, which could benefit poor nations but would not interest companies looking for hefty financial returns.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
Tonga's economy is largely agriculture-driven, but the contribution of remittances from abroad to its GDP outstrips even the export of goods like coconuts, squash, and cassavas.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2022
There are no bananas, apples, cassavas or tubers.
From The Guardian ● May 20, 2015
A boat with the phrase “God is God” painted on its side in French is pictured on Monday on the banks of the Oubangui river, where people were packing cassavas, in the Central Africa Republic.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2014
We christened them with prayers and invited all our little boy and girl friends for colas and cassavas and—when we could get them—some nice butter cookies.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
