| NOUN | plant | sago palm | any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago |
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| plant | sago palm, Cycas revoluta | dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago |
| Meaning | Any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago. | |
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| Narrower | sugar palm, gomuti, gomuti palm, Arenga pinnata | Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers |
| true sago palm, Metroxylon sagu | Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener | |
| wine palm, jaggery palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy palm, Caryota urens | fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula | |
| Broader | palm, palm tree | Any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves |
| Meaning | Dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago. | |
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| Synonym | Cycas revoluta | |
| Narrower | false sago, fern palm, Cycas circinalis | Southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage |
| Broader | cycad | Any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales |
| Substances | jaggery, jagghery, jaggary | unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap |
| Catalan | ciques | |
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