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TAPIOCA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("tapioca" is a kind of...):
food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
Meronyms (substance of "tapioca"):
cassava; cassava starch; manioc; manioca (a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics)
Holonyms ("tapioca" is a substance of...):
cassava; manioc (cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca)
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