noun
- a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca), or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc.
noun
- a beadlike starch obtained from cassava root, used in cooking as a thickening agent, esp in puddings
n.1640s, from Portuguese or Spanish tapioca, from Tupi (Brazil) tipioca, from tipi “residue, dregs” + og, ok “to squeeze out” (from roots of the cassava plant).