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tapioca
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tap·i·o·ca  (tp-k)
n.
A beady starch obtained from the root of the cassava, used for puddings and as a thickening agent in cooking.

[Portuguese, from Tupi typióca : ty, juice + pyá, heart + oca, to remove.]

tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə]
n
(Cookery) a beadlike starch obtained from cassava root, used in cooking as a thickening agent, esp in puddings
[via Portuguese from Tupi tipioca pressed-out juice, from tipi residue + ok to squeeze out]

tapioca - Comes from Tupi-Guarani tipi, "residue," and ok/og, "squeeze out."
See also related terms for squeeze.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddingstapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings
food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
cassava, manioc - cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca
cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics
Translations
tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə]
A. Ntapioca f
B. CPD tapioca pudding Npostre m de tapioca

tapioca [ˌtæpiˈəʊkə] ntapioca m

tapioca
nTapioka f

tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə] ntapioca

tapioca
n tapioca [tӕpiˈəukə]
a type of food obtained from the underground part of the cassava plant. tapioka تابيوكا: مُسْتَحْضَر نَشَوي لِصُنْع الحَلْوى гранулирано нишесте от касава tapioka tapioka die Mamiokawurzel ταπιόκα tapioca tapiokk تاپیوکا tapioka tapioca טַפּיוֹקָה कसावा tapioka tápióka tepung singkong, tapioka tapíókamjöl tapioca タピオカ (cassava 뿌리로 만든 식용 전분) 타피오카 tapijoka tapioka ubi kayu tapioca tapioka(gryn) tapioka tapioca tapioca тапиока tapioka tapioka tapioka tapioka แป้งมันสำปะหลัง topyoka 木薯澱粉 маніок ايک درخت جس سے سوجي نکالي جاتي ہے bột sắn hột 淀粉


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In her pocket, she carried a letter signed by the 12 families in her tiny village asking for three necessities: a school; equipment to mill tapioca flour from the manioc, or cassava, shrub; and an electricity generator.
Tapioca flour originating from the cassava is also used as a replacement for wheat flour.
Tapioca Flour Tapioca is a traditional ingredient in Brazilian foods, processed from the root of the South American cassava plant.
 
 
 
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