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sagu

sagu is the archaic form of sago.

Meaning of sago

Noun

sago (countable and uncountable, plural sagos or sagoes)

  1. A powdered starch obtained from certain palms (Metroxylon spp., esp. Metroxylon sagu), used as a flour and food thickener and for sizing textiles.
  2. A similar starch obtained from palm-like cycad, especially Cycas revoluta.
  3. Any of the palms and cycads from which sago starch is extracted.

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Origin of sagu

From Malay

Questions about sagu

What is sagu the archaic form of?
Sagu is the archaic form of sago.

Words near sagu in the dictionary

  1. Sagrero
  2. Sagreros
  3. sags
  4. sags off
  5. Sagteng
  6. sagu
  7. Saguache
  8. Saguache County
  9. saguaro
  10. saguaro boot
  11. saguaro boots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sagu (page history and authors); sago (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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