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SAGO
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sago" is a kind of...):
amylum; starch (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sago"):
pearl sago (sago ground into small round grains)
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