Sago is a white substance obtained from the trunk of some palm trees. Sago is used for making sweet puddings.
sago in British English
(ˈseɪɡəʊ)
noun
a starchy cereal obtained from the powdered pith of a sago palm, used for puddings and as a thickening agent
Word origin
C16: from Malay sāgū
sago in American English
(ˈseɪgoʊ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈsagos
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 some other plants
2.
any of the palms that yield sago, esp., a Malayan tree (Metroxylon sagu)
: also sago palm
Word origin
Malay sagu, flour from the pith of the sago palm
Examples of 'sago' in a sentence
sago
Rice was my favourite, but I didn't object to sago or tapioca, provided there was jam to go with it.
Laurie Graham MR STARLIGHT (2004)
We sat on matching raw-silk club chairs surrounded by a rain forest of Chinese fan palms, parlor palms, and sago palms.