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true sago palm

DEFINITIONS OF: true sago palm

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n Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji

Synonyms:
Metroxylon sagu
Type of:
sago palm
any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
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