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tapioca

starch extracted from cassava root (Manihot esculenta)
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tapioca

Summary

tapioca ranks in the top 0.54% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,312 views/month, #424 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • tapioca is in the country of Brazil[2].
  • tapioca is a type of cassava starch[3].
  • tapioca is part of Brazilian cuisine[4].
  • tapioca's Commons category is recorded as Tapioca[5].
  • tapioca comprises cassava root[6].
  • tapioca's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • tapioca's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • tapioca's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • tapioca's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • tapioca's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[11].
  • tapioca's partially coincident with is recorded as cassava starch[12].
  • tapioca's natural product of taxon is recorded as cassava[13].
  • tapioca's MCN code is recorded as 1903.00.00[14].
  • tapioca's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - Culinária[15].
  • tapioca's water footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+2254'}[16].

Body

Definition and Type

tapioca is a type of cassava starch[3].

Use and Application

tapioca comprises cassava root[6]. tapioca is part of Brazilian cuisine[4].

Why It Matters

tapioca ranks in the top 0.54% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,312 views/month, #424 of 77,819).[1] tapioca has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] tapioca is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Brazil

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Part of → —
    Has part(s) → cassava root
    Part of → Brazilian cuisine
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007549033505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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