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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sago
n : powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a
food thickener and textile stiffener
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