Definition of "fufu" [fufu]

• A thick, doughlike West African food made by boiling and pounding a starchy vegetable such as yam, plantain, or cassava. (noun)

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• "The grandmother says that maybe the girl is skinny because she does not get the right foods, because she eats mostly a paste made from cassava that is called fufu."
• "A YouTube commenter they're all so civilized in this thread! correctly points out that the dish is a direct descendant of West African 'fufu', which in Cuba is sometimes called fufu de plátano."
• "Link delicious stuff. known as fufu (accent on the second u) in Cuba and mangu (accent on the u) in Dominican Republic."