sago starch

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• Sago — is a starch extracted from the pith inside stems of the sago palm Metroxylon sagu . Sago forms a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Moluccas where it is called sagu and traditionally is cooked and eaten in the form of …   Wikipedia

• sago — starch made of the piths of palms, 1550s, via Portuguese and Dutch from Malay sagu, the name of the palm tree from which it is obtained …   Etymology dictionary

• Starch — Starch, CAS# 9005 25 8, chemical formula (C6H10O5)n is a polysaccharide carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose monosaccharide units joined together by glycosidic bonds. All plant seeds and tubers contain starch which is… …   Wikipedia

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sago palm — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sago spleen — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sago (disambiguation) — Sago may refer to: * Cycas revoluta * Metroxylon sagu * Zamia integrifolia * Mount Sago * Sago * Sago, Burkina Faso * Sago Lane * Sago Mine disaster * Sago spleen * Sago Street * Sago Township, Minnesota * Sago, West Virginia * Sago worm *… …   Wikipedia

• sago — [sā′gō] n. pl. sagos [Malay sagu, flour from the pith of the sago palm] 1. an edible starch, also used in sizing textiles, prepared from the pith of the trunk of certain palms, from the underground stems of certain cycads, as the coontie, or from …   English World dictionary

• sago — ► NOUN 1) edible starch obtained from a palm, dried and processed to produce a flour or granules. 2) (also sago pudding) a sweet dish made from sago and milk. ORIGIN Malay …   English terms dictionary

• sago — /say goh/, n. a starchy foodstuff derived from the soft interior of the trunk of various palms and cycads, used in making puddings. [1545 55; earlier sagu < Malay] * * * Food starch prepared from carbohydrate material stored in the trunks of… …   Universalium

• sago — [ seɪgəʊ] noun (plural sagos) 1》 edible starch obtained from a palm, dried to produce a flour or processed into a granular form. 2》 a sweet dish made from sago and milk. 3》 (sago palm) the palm from which most sago is obtained, growing in… …   English new terms dictionary