sago — ONAD · Shobdo

sago /ˈsāɡō, ˈseɪɡoʊ

▸ noun

(plural sagos)

1 edible starch which is obtained from a palm and is a staple food in parts of the tropics. The pith inside the trunk is scraped out, washed, and dried to produce a flour or processed to produce the granular sago used in the West.

▪ (also sago pudding) a sweet dish made from sago and milk.

2 (sago palm) the palm from which most sago is obtained, growing in freshwater swamps in Southeast Asia.

Metroxylon sagu, family Palmae.

▪ any of a number of other palms or cycads that yield a similar starch.

– ORIGIN mid 16th century : from Malay sagu (originally via Portuguese).