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tapioca


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tapioca  \Tap`i*o"ca\,  n.  [Braz.  tapioka:  cf  Pg.,  Sp  &  F. 
  tapioca.] 
  A  coarsely  granular  substance  obtained  by  heating,  and  thus 
  partly  changing,  the  moistened  starch  obtained  from  the  roots 
  of  the  cassava.  It  is  much  used  in  puddings  and  as  a 
  thickening  for  soups.  See  {Cassava}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tapioca 
  n  :  granular  preparation  of  cassava  starch  used  to  thicken 
  especially  puddings 




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