cassareep
[ kas-uh-reep ]
/ ˈkæs əˌrip /
noun
the juice of bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavoring for food, especially in West Indian cookery.
Origin of cassareep
1825–35; apocopated variant of earlier
cassarepo < Carib
Words nearby cassareep
cass,
cassaba,
cassander,
cassandra,
cassapanca,
cassareep,
cassata,
cassation,
cassatt,
cassatt, mary,
cassava
Example sentences from the Web for cassareep
The concentrated juice of the bitter cassava, under the name of cassareep, forms the basis of the West India dish, "pepper pot."
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom |P. L. SimmondsThe birds, soon ready for the pot, were in a few minutes boiling away among the "cassareep" and peppers.
Then mix the powder, paste, chutnee, and cassareep into a thin paste with the lemon juice.
Cakes & Ale |Edward SpencerCassareep is the basis of that favourite West Indian dish “Pepper-pot.”
Cakes & Ale |Edward Spencer
British Dictionary definitions for cassareep
cassareep
/ (ˈkæsəˌriːp) /
noun
the juice of the bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavouring, esp in West Indian cookery
Word Origin for cassareep
C19: of Carib origin