[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sago \sa"go\ s=a"g-o, n. malay. s=agu.
   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..
   1913 webster

   portland sago, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of
      the cuckoopint arum maculatum.

   sago palm. bot.
   a a palm tree which yields sago.
   b a species of cycas cycas revoluta.

   sago spleen med., a morbid condition of the spleen,
      produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a
      cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies
      looking like grains of sago.
      1913 webster
see also:
metroxylon sagu cycas revoluta zamia integrifolia portland sago arum maculatum sago palm 
sago spleen 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

coontie \coon"tie\, n. bot.
   a cycadaceous plant of florida and the west indies, the
   zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago
   is prepared.
   1913 webster
see also:
zamia integrifolia 

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