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SAGO PALM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago

Synonyms:

Cycas revoluta; sago palm

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

Sense 2

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)

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