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TRUE SAGO PALM
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I. (noun)
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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
Synonyms:
Metroxylon sagu; true sago palm
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Hypernyms ("true sago palm" is a kind of...):
sago palm (any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago)