Definitions for sagoˈseɪ goʊ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sa•goˈseɪ goʊ(n.)

  1. a starch derived from the pith of sago palms and used in making puddings.

    Category: Cooking

Origin of sago:

1545–55; earlier sagu < Malay

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sago(noun)

    powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener

Wiktionary

  1. sago(Noun)

    A powdered starch obtained from certain palms used as a food thickener.

  2. sago(Noun)

    Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sago(noun)

    a dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.)


Translations for sago

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

sago(noun)

a starchy substance obtained from inside the trunk of certain palm trees; (also adjective)

sago pudding.

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