matapee

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English[edit]

matapee

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Kari'na matapi.

Noun[edit]

matapee (plural matapees)

  1. (Caribbean) 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.
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