Meaning
The starch extracted from cassava — used to make a smooth, translucent porridge or pudding, cooked with milk and sweetened and spiced. Tapioca porridge, with its soft, slightly gelatinous texture, is a gentle, nourishing dish given to babies, the sick, and the elderly, and is one of the traditional cassava foods of the Jamaican kitchen.
Examples
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She mek tapioca porridge fi di baby.
She made tapioca porridge for the baby.
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Tapioca come from cassava.
Tapioca comes from cassava.
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Di tapioca smooth an light.
The tapioca is smooth and light.
Origin
From Tupi 'tipi'oka'; cassava starch made into porridge/pudding. See [[cassava]], [[rice-porridge]].
How it’s used
Cassava starch, made into a smooth porridge/pudding. See [[cassava]], [[rice-porridge]].