tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings

amylum, starch - a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

tapioca - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings

bitter cassava, gari, mandioc, mandioca, Manihot esculenta, Manihot utilissima, tapioca plant, manioc - cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca

root - (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

cassiri - a drink resembling beer; made from fermented cassava juice

casava, cassava - any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

cassava, manioc - cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca