SAGO

noun 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, ·etc. ).