- indian sago palm
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Sago palm — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sago palm — noun 1. any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago • Hypernyms: ↑palm, ↑palm tree • Hyponyms: ↑sugar palm, ↑gomuti, ↑gomuti palm, ↑Arenga pinnata, ↑wine palm … Useful english dictionary
Sago — is a starch extracted from the pith inside stems of the sago palm Metroxylon sagu . Sago forms a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Moluccas where it is called sagu and traditionally is cooked and eaten in the form of … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sago spleen — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
palm — palm1 /pahm/, n. 1. the part of the inner surface of the hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers. 2. the corresponding part of the forefoot of an animal. 3. the part of a glove covering this part of the hand. 4. Also called… … Universalium
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Portland sago — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jaggery palm — noun fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago • Syn: ↑wine palm, ↑kitul, ↑kittul, ↑kitul tree, ↑toddy palm, ↑Caryota urens • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
false sago — noun southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage • Syn: ↑fern palm, ↑Cycas circinalis • Hypernyms: ↑sago palm, ↑Cycas revoluta • Member Holonyms: ↑Cycas, ↑genus Cycas … Useful english dictionary
