| NOUN | plant | Metroxylon sagu, true sago palm | Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener |
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| Meaning | Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji. | |
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| Synonym | true sago palm | |
| Broader | sago palm | Any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago |
| Catalan | metroxylon sagu | |
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