Sago

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A powdery starch obtained from the trunks of certain sago palms and used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
  • n. Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An amylaceous food derived from the soft spongy interior, the so-called “pith,” of the trunks of various palms. (See sago-palm.)
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    amylum    starch   
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    Hyponym
    pearl sago   
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