Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sago

1 sense of sago

Sense 1
sago -- (powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener)
       => starch, amylum -- (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)