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# tapioca

noun (tapioca; uncountable)

«tapioca» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tapioca is a starch made from the root of the cassava plant; it comes as flour, flakes or small white balls (pearls). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/#m1)
2. Tapioca (pudding) is a sweet milky pudding made with tapioca pearls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/#m2)

### In the lessons

Food and science: cassava grows in hot countries in South America, Africa and Asia; tapioca pearls swell and go see-through when cooked. Bubble tea uses big chewy tapioca pearls. In old UK school dinners, tapioca pudding was famous (some children called it «frogspawn»). Tapioca flour is gluten-free.

### Examples

- Grandma made tapioca pudding with milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/#x1)
- Bubble tea has tapioca pearls at the bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/#x2)
- Tapioca comes from the cassava root. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/#x3)
- Some children used to call tapioca «frogspawn». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/#x4)
- The tapioca balls turned clear as they cooked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/#x5)
- Tapioca flour is used in gluten-free bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable. Said «tap-ee-OH-kuh». Raw cassava root is poisonous unless prepared properly, but tapioca from shops is safe.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «tapioca» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tapioca/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«tapioca» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/tapioca.html) on Mova free.