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TRUE SAGO PALM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does true sago palm mean? 

TRUE SAGO PALM (noun)
  The noun TRUE SAGO PALM has 1 sense:

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

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


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TRUE SAGO PALM (noun)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Metroxylon sagu; true sago palm

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

sago palm (any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago)


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