METROXYLON SAGU

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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

Synonyms:

Metroxylon sagu; true sago palm

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Metroxylon sagu" is a kind of...):

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

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