tapioca

English Thesaurus

1. granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings (noun.food)

hypernym	:	food product, foodstuff,
definition	:	a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food (noun.food)

substance holonym	:	cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca,
definition	:	a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	cassava, manioc,
definition	:	cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca (noun.plant)