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sago palm

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any palm or palmlike plant which yields sago

especially, true sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning 2

Any palm or palmlike plant which yields sago

palms of certain other species of Metroxylon and certain species of genera Arenga and Caryota.

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Meaning 3

Any palm or palmlike plant which yields sago

sago cycad (Cycas revoluta), a gymnosperm not closely related to palm trees.

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Meaning 4

dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Synonyms: Cycas revoluta

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Broader terms: cycad

Narrower terms: false sago, fern palm, Cycas circinalis

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noun

Meaning 5

any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: palm, palm tree

Narrower terms: sugar palm, gomuti, gomuti palm, Arenga pinnata, wine palm, jaggery palm, kitul, kittul, kitul tree, toddy palm, Caryota urens, true sago palm, Metroxylon sagu

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Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: palmera del sagú — Metroxylon sagu
  • Chinese Mandarin: 西穀椰子 /西谷椰子 (xīgǔyēzi) — Metroxylon sagu
  • Finnish: saagopalmu — Metroxylon sagu
  • French: sagoutier — Metroxylon sagu
  • German: Sagopalme — Metroxylon sagu
  • Ido: sagutiero — Metroxylon sagu
  • Khmer: ជ្រែ (crɛɛ) — Metroxylon sagu
  • Korean: 사고야자 (sagoyaja) — Metroxylon sagu
  • Polish: sagownica sagowa — Metroxylon sagu
  • Polish: sagownica zwyczajna — Metroxylon sagu
  • Polish: palma sagowa — Metroxylon sagu
  • Portuguese: saguzeiro — Metroxylon sagu