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Webster 1913 Edition
Sago
Sa′go
(sā′gō̍)
, Noun.
[Malay.
sāgu
.] A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the
Metroxylon Sagu
; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta
, Zamia integrifolia
, etc.). Portland sago
, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of the cuckoopint (
– Arum maculatum
). Sago palm
. (Bot.)
(a)
A palm tree which yields sago
. (b)
A species of Cycas (
– Cycas revoluta
). Sago spleen
(Med.)
, a morbid condition of the spleen, produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies looking like grains of sago.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sago
SA'GO
,Noun.