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SAGOS
Proper noun
Sagos
plural of Sago
Anagrams
• Gosas
Noun
sagos
plural of sago
Anagrams
• Gosas
Source: Wiktionary
SAGO
Sa"go, n. Etym: [Malay. sagu.]
Definition: 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, atc.). 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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