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sa·go 
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| a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings. |
[Origin: 1545–55; earlier sagu < Malay]
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n. pl. sa·gos A powdery starch obtained from the trunks of certain sago palms and used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener. [Malay sagu, mealy pith.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
sago
"starch made of the piths of palms," 1555, via Port. and Du. from Malay sagu, the name of the palm tree from which it is obtained.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
sago [ˈseigəu] noun
a starchy substance obtained from inside the trunk of certain palm trees; (also adjective)
Example: sago pudding
Example: sago pudding
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Main Entry: sa·go
Pronunciation: 'sA-(")gO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sagos
: a dry granulated or powdered starch
prepared from the pith of a sago palm and used in foods and as textile stiffening
| Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Sago
Sa"go\ (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.] A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.). Portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). Sago palm. (Bot.) (a) A palm tree which yields sago. (b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta). Sago spleen (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Sago
Sa"gus\, n. [NL. See Sago.] (Bot.) A genus of palms from which sago is obtained.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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