Sago

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sago \Sa"go\ (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.]
     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.).
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Portland sago}, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of
        the cuckoopint ({Arum maculatum}).
  
     {Sago palm}. (Bot.)
     (a) A palm tree which yields sago.
     (b) A species of Cycas ({Cycas revoluta}).
  
     {Sago spleen} (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen,
        produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a
        cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies
        looking like grains of sago.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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