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Definition of Bitter cassava
1. Noun. Cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca.
Terms within: Cassiri
Generic synonyms: Casava, Cassava
Terms within: Cassava, Manioc
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bitter Cassava
Literary usage of Bitter cassava
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"... he has added some experiments, in order to ascertain the poisonous qualities
of the juice extracted from that species which he calls the bitter cassava. ..."
2. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis (1851)
"32 Starch, from the bitter cassava, from Plantation IJt ... [The sweet and bitter
cassava merit attention as starch- producing plants. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The plants are probably natives of South America, but the bitter cassava, ...
The sap of the bitter cassava root contains hydrocyanic acid, and the root, ..."
4. The Source, Chemistry and Use of Food Products by Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey (1914)
"The sweet cassava does not contain enough prussic acid (HCN) to be dangerous,
while the bitter cassava contains enough of this poisonous substance to make ..."
5. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"The plants attain a height of 6 to 8 feet and bear palmately divided leaves, with
7 divisions in the bitter cassava and 5 divisions in the sweet cassava. ..."
6. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"bitter cassava root also yields hydrocyanic acid to which its poisonous properties
are due. 2. CASSAVA STARCH OR TAPIOCA MEAL.—This starch is found in two ..."
7. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"... he has added some experiments, in order to ascertain the poisonous qualities
of the juice extracted from that species which he calls the bitter cassava. ..."
8. Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Great Exhibition of by Great Exhibition, Robert Ellis (1851)
"32 Starch, from the bitter cassava, from Plantation IJt ... [The sweet and bitter
cassava merit attention as starch- producing plants. ..."
9. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The plants are probably natives of South America, but the bitter cassava, ...
The sap of the bitter cassava root contains hydrocyanic acid, and the root, ..."
10. The Source, Chemistry and Use of Food Products by Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey (1914)
"The sweet cassava does not contain enough prussic acid (HCN) to be dangerous,
while the bitter cassava contains enough of this poisonous substance to make ..."
11. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"The plants attain a height of 6 to 8 feet and bear palmately divided leaves, with
7 divisions in the bitter cassava and 5 divisions in the sweet cassava. ..."
12. Medicinal Plants: Being Descriptions with Original Figures of the Principal ...by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen by Robert Bentley, Henry Trimen (1880)
"bitter cassava root also yields hydrocyanic acid to which its poisonous properties
are due. 2. CASSAVA STARCH OR TAPIOCA MEAL.—This starch is found in two ..."
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