tapioca
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iˈoʊ 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; < Portuguese < Tupi tipioca literally, juice (of cassava) squeezed out, i.e., pulp after squeezing
1605–15; < Portuguese < Tupi tipioca literally, juice (of cassava) squeezed out, i.e., pulp after squeezing
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| —n | |
| a beadlike starch obtained from cassava root, used in cooking as a thickening agent, esp in puddings | |
| [C18: via Portuguese from Tupi tipioca pressed-out juice, from tipi residue + ok to squeeze out] | |
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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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Example sentences
Place a rounded tablespoon of tapioca in center, sprinkle a pinch of cinnamon on top and place horizontally sliced pear on top.
The subsequent work will focus on developing formulations made of wheat and tapioca starches.
Fold in tapioca starch until it forms a workable ball of dough.
The pill-shaped mealybugs suck sap from the crops-a main ingredient of tapioca-causing them to shrivel and die.
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