tapioca(n = noun.food) Array - granular preparation of cassava starch used to thicken especially puddings; Array
is a kind of food product, foodstuff
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 for soups. See Cassava. [1913 Webster]
tapioca, n. a starchy substance in hard white grains obtained from cassava and used for puddings etc.
Etymology:
Tupi-Guarani tipioca f. tipi dregs + og, ok squeeze out