English Explanatory Dictionary

matapee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yuca strainer or press (sebucan) in the form of a tube of basketry hung from a hook and compressed by stretching the lower end with a pole, used for expressing prussic acid out of yuca pulp.

Word forms

matapee matapees matapi

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na matapi.

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