TAPIOCA
\tˌapɪˈə͡ʊkə], \tˌapɪˈəʊkə], \t_ˌa_p_ɪ__ˈəʊ_k_ə]\
Definitions of TAPIOCA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Any of several species of the tropical plant, family Euphorbiaceae, that grow starchy roots used for food. Manihot esculenta is most often used, but contains high amounts of hydrogen cyanide and few essential nutrients.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Cassava starch, amylum manihot; a starch from the root of Jatropha manihot and other species of J., plants of tropical America.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A farinaceous substance, in the form of coarse grains, obtained from the cassava or manioc plant, a native of Brazil-cassava or manioc is prepared from the same, but more finely granular.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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