NOUN
- Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji
How To Use Metroxylon sagu In A Sentence
- The sago palm, Metroxylon sagu, is an increasingly socio-economically important crop in South-East Asia.
- In Thailand tapioca is known as sago, which can lead to confusion with true sago starch obtained from the sago palm, Metroxylon sagu. Chapter 11
