noun
mogo
noun
1
Cassava, a starchy root vegetable widely eaten in parts of Africa, the Caribbean, and South America.
"The market stall sold peeled mogo ready for boiling."
"She fried thin slices of mogo until they turned crisp like chips."
How to Use Mogo
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAnother name for cassava, a root vegetable used in cooking similarly to potatoes or yams.
Easily confused with
cassava
yuca
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Etymology
Traced back through Swahili muhogo and Arabic to Portuguese mandioca, itself borrowed from an indigenous South American word for the plant.