"tapioca pearl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tapioca pearls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tapioca pearl (plural tapioca pearls)
  1. A small edible ball made primarily from tapioca starch; used in bubble tea. Synonyms: boba, pearl tapioca, tapioca ball Translations (edible ball made from tapioca): 粉圓 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 粉圆 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 珍珠 (zhēnzhū) (Chinese Mandarin), tapiokarae (Finnish), perle de tapioca [feminine] (French), pacar cina (Indonesian), sagu mutiara (Indonesian), pérola de mandioca [feminine] (Portuguese), bolinha de sagu [feminine] (Portuguese), sagu [masculine] (Portuguese), perlas de tapioca [feminine] (Spanish), ไข่มุก (kài-múk) (Thai), bột bán (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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