[ 'seɪgəʊ ]
■ noun ( plural ~s )
1》 edible starch obtained from a palm, dried to produce a flour or processed into a granular form.
2》 a sweet dish made from ~ and milk.
3》 ( ~ palm ) the palm from which most ~ is obtained, growing in freshwater swamps in SE Asia. [ Metroxylon sagu .]
↘any of a number of other palms or cycads which yield a similar starch.
Origin
C16: from Malay sagu (orig. via Port.).