sago palm

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of various tropical palm trees of Asia and Oceania, especially Metroxylon sagu, used as a source of sago.
• noun Either of two palmlike Asian cycads (Cycas revoluta or C. circinalis) used as a source of sago and widely planted as ornamentals. All parts of the plants contain toxins, which are removed when processed to make starch.

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• noun Any palm which yields sago, especially Metroxylon sagu and Cycas revoluta.

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• noun dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago
• noun any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago