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SAGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sago mean? 

SAGO (noun)
  The noun SAGO has 1 sense:

1. powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffenerplay

  Familiarity information: SAGO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SAGO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sago" is a kind of...):

amylum; starch (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sago"):

pearl sago (sago ground into small round grains)


 Context examples 


And the sago?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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