Sago
Sago (sā"go) , noun
[Malay. sāgu.]
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.).
Collocations (3)
Portland sago , a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
Sago palm (Botany) , (a) A palm tree which yields sago (b) A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta).
Sago spleen (Medicine) , 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.