sago palm

sago palm
noun
1. any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
• Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree
• Hyponyms:
2. dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago
• Syn: ↑Cycas revoluta
• Hypernyms: ↑cycad
• Hyponyms: ↑false sago, ↑fern palm, ↑Cycas circinalis
• Substance Meronyms: ↑jaggery, ↑jagghery, ↑jaggary

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noun
1. : a plant that yields sago: as
a. : any of various lofty pinnate-leaved Indian and Malaysian palms of the genus Metroxylon (as M. laeve or M. rumphii)
b. : a Malaccan palm (Phoenix farinifera)
d. : any of several Indian palms:
(1) : gomuti
e. : cabbage palm 1b
2.
a. : a cycad (Cycas revoluta) with recurved leaves that have revolute edges
b. : coontie

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1. any of several tropical Old World palms, as of the genera Metroxylon and Caryota, that yield sago.
2. a cycad, Cycas revoluta, of Japan, having a crown of glossy, fernlike leaves, grown as an ornamental.
[1760-70]

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sago palm noun
Any of various palms (including Metroxylon, Arenga, Caryota, Oreodoxa) and certain cycads, yielding sago
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Main Entry: ↑sago

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sago palm,
an East Indian palm tree from whose pith a starchy food is made. There are several kinds.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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