HyperDic: true_sago_palm

English > 1 sense of the expression true sago palm:
NOUNplanttrue sago palm, Metroxylon saguMalaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener
English > true sago palm: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMalaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji.
SynonymMetroxylon sagu
Broadersago palmAny of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
Catalanmetroxylon sagu

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