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SAGO PALM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sago palm mean?
• SAGO PALM (noun)
The noun SAGO PALM has 2 senses:
1. any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
2. dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago
Familiarity information: SAGO PALM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("sago palm" is a kind of...):
palm; palm tree (any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sago palm"):
Arenga pinnata; gomuti; gomuti palm; sugar palm (Malaysian feather palm with base densely clothed with fibers; yields a sweet sap used in wine and trunk pith yields sago)
Caryota urens; jaggery palm; kittul; kitul; kitul tree; toddy palm; wine palm (fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula; sap yields a brown sugar (jaggery) and trunk pith yields sago)
Metroxylon sagu; true sago palm (Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cycas revoluta; sago palm
Hypernyms ("sago palm" is a kind of...):
cycad (any tropical gymnosperm of the order Cycadales; having unbranched stems with a crown of fernlike leaves)
Meronyms (substance of "sago palm"):
jaggary; jaggery; jagghery (unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sago palm"):
Cycas circinalis; false sago; fern palm (southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage)
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