matapee
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]matapee (plural matapees)
- (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.