Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles. · A similar starch obtained from palm-like cycad, especially Cycas revoluta. · Any of the palms and cycads from which sago starch is extracted.
From Malay sagu, via Portuguese sagu or Dutch sago.
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