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METROXYLON SAGU

Dictionary entry overview: What does Metroxylon sagu mean?

• METROXYLON SAGU (noun)
The noun METROXYLON SAGU has 1 sense:

1. Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji

Familiarity information: METROXYLON SAGU used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• METROXYLON SAGU (noun)

Sense 1

Metroxylon sagu ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Metroxylon sagu; true sago palm

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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