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tapioca (tăpēō`kə), widely used starchy food, obtained from the fleshy root of the bitter cassava cassava (kəsä`və) or manioc ..... Click the link for more information. . Tapioca is sold in flake or flour form and as the pellet pearl tapioca. Tapioca flour is widely used in place of wheat flour in regions where it is grown, e.g., South and Central America, Africa, the West Indies, and parts of India. When cooked it becomes transparent and increases in size. It is used to thicken puddings and soups. tapioca [‚tap·ē′ō·kə] (food engineering) A food, high in starch, that is made from the cassava plant. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Dobbin went to seek John Sedley at his house of call in the City, the Tapioca Coffee-house, where, since his own offices were shut up, and fate had overtaken him, the poor broken- down old gentleman used to betake himself daily, and write letters and receive them, and tie them up into mysterious bundles, several of which he carried in the flaps of his coat. It seemed that she had been straining tapioca in a little stream which flowed out of the jungle at the rear of the long-house when her attention was attracted by the crashing of an animal through the bushes a few yards above her. She looked so like her mother, as she sat there oblivious of the tapioca, that Cassandra was startled into exclaiming: |
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