Sago

Word SAGO
Character 4
Hyphenation sa go
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Sago"

What do we mean by sago?

A powdery starch obtained from the pith of certain palm trees and cycads, used as a staple food chiefly in Asia and as a food thickener. noun

An amylaceous food derived from the soft spongy interior, the so-called “pith,” of the trunks of various palms. (See sago-palm.) 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.). noun

A kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum). noun

A species of Cycas (Cycas revoluta). noun

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. noun

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

Any of the palms from which sago is extracted. noun

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

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

A similar starch obtained from a palm-like cycad, Cycas revoluta

Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

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The word "sago" in example sentences

In addition, the sago is tasteless almost and needs careful seasoning. ❋ Nupur (2005)

Unlike rice or barley, sago is not the fruit of a tiny stem, – it is the pith of the trunk of a great tree. ❋ Unknown (1887)

One trunk of a tree in its fifteenth year sometimes yields six hundred pounds weight of sago, or meal (for the word sago signifies meal in the dialect of Amboyna). ❋ Unknown (1851)

The villagers of the mainland of Ceram bring their sago, which is thus distributed to the islands farther east, while rice from Bali and Macassar can also be purchased at a moderate price. ❋ Unknown (2004)

In Thailand tapioca is known as sago, which can lead to confusion with true sago starch obtained from the sago palm, Metroxylon sagu. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Our conductor called the sago tree _sibla_, but the Malays give it the name of _rumbiga_. ❋ Various (N/A)

The Malays call the sago-tree the _rumbiya_ and its pith _sagu_ from which word we get our name _sago_. ❋ Various (N/A)

In the Moluccos the staple crop is not rice, but sago, which is prepared from the sap of the sago-palm. ❋ P. M. Hough (N/A)

In the Borneo section there are exhibits of oils, also sago, which is a white powder-the dried sap of a tree. ❋ Unknown (1924)

Along the edge of the cogon lands are many large _buri_ palms, [65] from which a starch commercially known as sago is secured. ❋ Fay-Cooper Cole (1921)

The bread was made of sago, which is obtained from the trunk of a tree not much unlike the palm. ❋ James Alexander Robertson (1906)

When you ask for sago do you really see that you get it? and how many entirely different objects described as sago are known to commerce? ❋ Grant Allen (1873)

The villagers of the mainland of Ceram bring their sago, which is thus distributed to the islands farther east, while rice from Bali and Macassar can also be purchased at ❋ Alfred Russel Wallace (1868)

In the first rank must be placed the sago-tree, of which the pith called sago takes, with yams, the place of cereals throughout Malacca. ❋ Jules Verne (1866)

So also the pulp of one tree-fern affords food, but only in times of scarcity, as does that of another species in New Zealand (_Cyathea medullaris_): the pith of all is composed of a coarse sago, that is to say, of cellular tissue with starch granules. ❋ Unknown (1864)

There they gain a living by catching fish, and collecting shells, and coral, to exchange for sago, which is their food. ❋ Favell Lee Mortimer (1840)

The sago, which is carried from hence to other parts of the East Indies, is dried into small grains, and is used with milk of almonds as a remedy against fluxes, being of an astringent quality. ❋ Robert Kerr (1784)

Agricultural wastes such as sago chips, palm-kernel cake, and palm-oil sludge are being used in Malaysia. 4 ❋ Unknown (1991)

Traditional size materials consist of an adhesive in the form of a natural or modified natural starch such as sago, maize, tapioca, farina, etc. ❋ Unknown (1983)

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