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tapioca

[ tap-ee-oh-kuh ]

noun

  1. a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet pearl tapioca, or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.


tapioca

/ ˌtæpɪˈəʊkə /

noun

  1. a beadlike starch obtained from cassava root, used in cooking as a thickening agent, esp in puddings
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tapioca1

First recorded in 1605–15; from Portuguese, from Tupi tipioca, more literally, “pulp squeezed out” (of cassava plants), from tipi “dregs, residue” + oca “to squeeze out”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tapioca1

C18: via Portuguese from Tupi tipioca pressed-out juice, from tipi residue + ok to squeeze out
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Example Sentences

Their high levels of starch can be extracted to create tapioca, a common thickener for desserts, soups, and manufactured foods.

From Eater

Quite a few of these loafs use potato starch and tapioca starch in attempts to produce a lighter, fluffier product.

Food is largely made up of canned goods and the ever-present farina, a sort of tapioca flour.

Soft hail, generally a little larger than tapioca and of the same shape, frequently fell.

He wandered off to the tapioca grove, leant against it in thought for a moment, and came back to me.

Enid, whose turn it was to bring up the plates of tapioca, pleaded guilty to a slight sensation of nervousness.

For the apple tapioca here given, the apples should be somewhat sour, as there will then be more character to the dessert.

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