TAPIOCA Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word tapioca. (close relations)
Definition of TAPIOCA
Best Alternative Words for TAPIOCA
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arrowroot | nounn | |||||||
noun • a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant • white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch • canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | ||||||||
cassava | nounn | |||||||
noun • a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics • cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca • any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | ||||||||
manioc | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics • cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca • cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca | ||||||||
yuca | nounn | |||||||
noun • Cassava • Cassava root |