- Zamia integrifolia
- Sago Sa"go (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.]
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.).
[1913 Webster]
{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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.