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  • noun cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca

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Examples

  • I was really amused by Chiaki's pickled ginger sushi, mostly because I was reminded of the web quiz where one of the Lucky Star girls got classified as gari (Konata?) after making fun of another (Kagami) who had been classified as kappa maki (cucumber roll): Is that even sushi?

    Anime Nano! 2009

  • The housemade "gari" or pickled ginger was sweet and spicy with a softer texture than most.

    Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2008

  • The housemade "gari" or pickled ginger was sweet and spicy with a softer texture than most.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Tokyoastrogirl 2008

  • Soy flour is also added to customary cowpea, yam and cassava flours in traditional foods such as gari, akara, and ogi.

    1. The jab-seeder a tool for manual seeding 1992

  • The principal form in which cassava is eaten in West Africa is as a fermented meal known as 'gari', while in Central and South America a product, 'farinha de manioca' which is similar to 'gari' except that much less fermentation occurs during its preparation, is very popular.

    Chapter 11 1987

  • People in some parts of the country prefer yellow gari which is made by adding a small amount of palm oil during the toasting process.

    Chapter 6 1984

  • They pound cassava they produce into 'gari' which is mixed with water and eaten with sauce, and Serena said soon the youths will be able to process the mangoes and bananas into juice.

    IRIN 2009

  • They pound cassava they produce into 'gari' which is mixed with water and eaten with sauce, and Serena said soon the youths will be able to process the mangoes and bananas into juice.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • She grates cassava herself to make tapioca, or "gari", that she sells at the markets of her town.

    Kiva Loans 2009

  • They pound cassava they produce into 'gari' which is mixed with water and eaten with sauce, and Serena said soon the youths will be able to process the mangoes and bananas into juice.

    IRIN 2009

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