Definition of False sago

1. Noun. Southeastern Indian cycad with palmlike foliage.

Exact synonyms: Cycas Circinalis, Fern Palm
Group relationships: Cycas, Genus Cycas
Generic synonyms: Cycas Revoluta, Sago Palm

Lexicographical Neighbors of False Sago

false positives
false pregnancy
false pretence
false pretense
false pretenses
false projection
false punishment
false ragweed
false return
false rib
false ringbone
false rue
false rue anemone
false saber-toothed tiger
false saffron
false sago (current term)
false sarsaparilla
false scent
false scorpion
false shower
false showers
false signal
false smut
false start
false statement
false step
false steps
false strawberry
false suture
false tamarisk

Literary usage of False sago

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Microbiology and Microanalysis of Foods by Albert Schneider (1920)
"Much of this false sago is made from corn starch. 2. Canna starch from several species of Canna. The markings are very distinct, the hili being at the ..."

2. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"A good deal of false sago, made from potato starch, is sent from Germany and sold for the East Indian sago. The word sago is from sagu, the Malay name for ..."

3. Bacteriological Methods in Food and Drug Laboratories: With an Introduction by Albert Schneider (1915)
"Much of this false sago is made from corn starch. 2. Canna starch from several species of Canna. The markings are very distinct, the hili being at the ..."

4. Bacteriological Methods in Food and Drug Laboratories: With an Introduction by Albert Schneider (1915)
"Much of this false sago is made from corn starch. 2. Canna starch from several species of Canna. The markings are very distinct, the hili being at the ..."

5. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"Cycas revoluta, a native of Japan, supplies a kind of starch which Is used as sago; and a similar kind of false sago is supplied by Cycas circinalis in the ..."

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