sago
/ˈseɪgəʊ/noun
(pl. -os)
1
- mass noun 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.西谷米, 西米。
1.1
- （亦作sago pudding）a sweet dish made from sago and milk西米布丁。
2
sago palm
the palm from which most sago is obtained, growing in freshwater swamps in SE Asia西谷椰子。
2.1
- Metroxylon sagu, family Palmae.拉丁名Metroxylon sagu,棕榈科。
2.2
- any of a number of other palms or cycads which yield a similar starch出产类似淀粉的棕榈树（或苏铁科裸子植物）。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Malay sagu (originally via Portuguese).