Definition of sago Sago

/sejˈgow/ - [seygow] - sa•go

We found 6 definitions of sago from 5 different sources.

What does sago mean?

Plural: sagoes

sago - powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener

amylum, starch a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

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sago (Noun)
A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.
sago (Noun)
Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

sago (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.).

sago
sā′go, n. a nutritive farinaceous substance produced from the pith of several East Indian palms.—n. Sā′go-palm. [Malay sāgu.]

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