tapioca starch
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Tapioca — is a flavorless, colorless, odorless starch extracted from the root of the plant species Manihot esculenta . This species, native to South America, is now cultivated worldwide and has many names, including cassava, bitter cassava, manioc,… … Wikipedia
tapioca — /tap ee oh keuh/, n. a food substance prepared from cassava in granular, flake, pellet (pearl tapioca), or flour form, used in puddings, as a thickener, etc. [1605 15; < Pg < Tupi tipioca lit., juice (of cassava) squeezed out, i.e., pulp after… … Universalium
tapioca pearl — noun A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea. Syn: pearl tapioca … Wiktionary
Starch — Starch, CAS# 9005 25 8, chemical formula (C6H10O5)n is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose monosaccharide units joined together by glycosidic bonds. All plant seeds and tubers contain starch which is… … Wikipedia
Tapioca — Tap i*o ca, n. [Braz. tapioka: cf. Pg., Sp. & F. tapioca.] A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
starch — starchless, adj. starchlike, adj. /stahrch/, n. 1. a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn,… … Universalium
tapioca — A starch from the root of Janipha manihot and other species of J. (family Euphorbiaceae), plants of tropical America; an easily digested starch, free of irritant properties. SYN: cassava starch. [Braz. tipioca] … Medical dictionary
tapioca — noun Etymology: Portuguese, from Tupi tɨpɨʔóka Date: 1707 1. a usually granular preparation of cassava starch used especially in puddings and as a thickening in liquid food; also a dish (as pudding) containing tapioca 2. cassava … New Collegiate Dictionary
tapioca — /tæpiˈoʊkə / (say tapee ohkuh) noun a granular farinaceous food substance prepared from cassava starch by drying while moist on heated plates, and processed into several forms as flakes, sticks, but most commonly beads or pearls; used for making… …
Native starch industry of Thailand — The Native Starch Industry of Thailand plays an important role in the economy of Thailand. Native starch is extracted from the root of the tapioca plant, which has the ability to grow in dry weather and low nutrient soils where other crops do not … Wikipedia
