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    TRUE SAGO PALM

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     I. (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 Fijiplay

    Synonyms:

    Metroxylon sagu; true sago palm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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