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tap⋅i⋅o⋅ca

  [tap-ee-oh-kuh]
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–noun
a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca), or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
Origin:
1605–15; < Pg < Tupi tipioca lit., juice (of cassava) squeezed out, i.e., pulp after squeezing
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tap·i·o·ca   (tāp'ē-ō'kə)   
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.]
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Word Origin & History

tapioca 
1648, from Port. or Sp. tapioca, from Tupi (Brazil) tipioca, from tipi "residue, dregs" + og, ok "to squeeze out" (from roots of the cassava plant).
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tapioca

a preparation of cassava-root starch used as a food, in bread or as a thickening agent in liquid foods, notably puddings but also soups and juicy pies.

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