matapee

English

matapee

Alternative forms

• matapi

Etymology

Borrowed from Kari'na matapi.

Noun

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.