Sā'go, n.

n. [Malay. & Jav. sāgu, N. Lat. sagus.] A dry, granulated starch, imported from the East Indies. It is the prepared pith of several different palms, as the Sagus lævis, Saguerus Rumphii, or saccharifera, and others, and the Cycas circinalis, a plant intermediate between a palm and a fern. It is much used as an article of diet for the sick, and also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics.