Definitions for sago palm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

sa′go palm`(n.)

  1. any of several tropical Old World palms, as of the genus Metroxylon, that yield sago.

    Category: Botany, Plants

  2. a cycad, Cycas revoluta, of Japan, having a crown of glossy fernlike leaves.

    Category: Plants

Origin of sago palm:

1760–70

Princeton's WordNet

  1. sago palm(noun)

    any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago

  2. sago palm, Cycas revoluta(noun)

    dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago

Wiktionary

  1. sago palm(Noun)

    Any palm which yields sago, especially Metroxylon sagu and Cycas revoluta.


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