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Definition of True sago palm
1. Noun. Malaysian palm whose pithy trunk yields sago--a starch used as a food thickener and fabric stiffener; Malaya to Fiji.
Lexicographical Neighbors of True Sago Palm
Literary usage of True sago palm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal (1871)
"As Dr. Hance states (Notes and Queries III. p. 95:) "no true Sago-palm has hitherto
been detected in China, though one of them, Arenga, ..."
2. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"... planted with those trees should produce yearly 2400 kilogrammes of sugar in
a soil quite unfit for any other kind of culture." Like the true sago palm, ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1864)
"The true sago palm (tag in liri'ix. Rumphius) is a native of the Indian archipelago.
Sago is a kind of starch secreted by the tree for the use of its ..."
4. History of the Indian Archipelago: Containing an Account of the Manners by John Crawfurd (1820)
"... and more generally as tinder for kindling fire. It is for this latter purpose
that it is chiefly in request among the Chinese. Like the true sago palm, ..."
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