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/tap'ee oh"keuh plant', -plahnt'/, n.the cassava, Manihot esculenta.
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tapioca plant — noun cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca • Syn: ↑bitter cassava, ↑manioc, ↑mandioc, ↑mandioca, ↑gari, ↑Manihot esculenta, ↑Manihot utilissima … Useful english dictionary
tapioca-plant — /tap ee oh keuh plant , plahnt /, n. the cassava, Manihot esculenta … Useful english dictionary
tapioca — valgomasis maniokas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Karpažolinių šeimos daržovinis, krakmolinis, maistinis, pašarinis, prieskoninis, vaistinis nuodingas augalas (Manihot esculenta), kilęs iš Brazilijos. Iš jo gaminami maisto priedai… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Tapioca — is a flavorless, colorless, odorless starch extracted from the root of the plant species Manihot esculenta . This species, native to South America, is now cultivated worldwide and has many names, including cassava, bitter cassava, manioc,… … Wikipedia
tapioca — 1640s, from Port. or Sp. tapioca, from Tupi (Brazil) tipioca, from tipi residue, dregs + og, ok to squeeze out (from roots of the cassava plant) … Etymology dictionary
tapioca — [tap΄ē ō′kə] n. [Port & Sp < Tupí & Guaraní typyoca < tipi, dregs + ok, to squeeze out] 1. a starchy, granular substance prepared from the root of the cassava plant, used to make puddings, thicken soups, etc. 2. pudding made from this… … English World dictionary
tapioca — /tap ee oh keuh/, n. a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca), or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc. [1605 15; < Pg < Tupi tipioca lit., juice (of cassava) squeezed out, i.e., pulp after… … Universalium
tapioca — [[t]tæ̱pio͟ʊkə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Tapioca is a food consisting of white grains, rather like rice, which come from the cassava plant … English dictionary
tapioca — noun A starchy food made from the cassava plant used in puddings … Wiktionary
