tapioca

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.

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

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tapioca - 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. N → tapioca f

B. CPD tapioca pudding N → postre m de tapioca

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tapioca [ˌtæpiˈəʊkə] n → tapioca m

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tapioca

n → Tapioka f

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tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə] n → tapioca

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tapioca [ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə] n → tapioca

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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 木薯淀粉