sago
IPA: sˈeɪgoʊ
noun
- A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.
- A similar starch obtained from a palm-like cycad (Cycas revoluta).
- Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.
- A surname.
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Examples of "sago" in Sentences
- There was a history of trading the sago.
- The process is very similar in making sago.
- Tapioca is used for the manufacture of sago.
- Much of their diet was based on the sago palm.
- Vegetation in the lake includes sago pondweed.
- Rumbia is a type of palm tree that yields sago.
- Cycad sago is used for many of the same purposes as palm sago.
- There is no room to put most of the information there into Sago.
- See the long discussion regarding the naming of the Sago article.
- Of all the cycads, the Sago Palm is the most popular in horticulture.