DFsmall hard white grains made from the crushed dried roots of cassava, or a dessert made from cooking this 〔木薯粉制成的〕西米;西米甜点
Examples from the Corpus
tapioca• On our right rose Kitchen Mesa, shimmering in rich tones of cinnamon, burnt orange and tapioca.• I mean, I don't know why he bothered coming round: he didn't know goose shit from tapioca.• A badly-balanced packet of tapioca crashed from shelf to floor and burst open like a ripe seed-pod.• Those who could feed themselves had at least had the choice of not eating the tapioca that they disliked and going hungry.
Origintapioca
(1600-1700)Spanish and Portuguese, from Tupitypyóca