Tapioca

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A beady starch obtained from the root of the cassava, used for puddings and as a thickening agent in cooking.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A starchy food made from the cassava plant used in puddings.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A farinaceous substance prepared from cassava by drying it while moist upon hot plates.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings
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    cassava   
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    sago    farina    arrowroot    hominy    macaroni    cornstarch    suet    molasses    gelatine    cornflour