"fufu" meaning in English

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          "text": "“I want some real food,” Binta angrily said. “Like fufu and egusi soup.”",
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        "A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form."
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