sago palm

noun

especially, true sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)

Similar
Cycas revoluta

Meanings

nounsago palm (plural sago palms)

plural sago palms

  1. Any palm or palmlike plant which yields sago
    1. especially, true sago palm (Metroxylon sagu)
    2. palms of certain other species of Metroxylon and certain species of genera Arenga and Caryota.
    3. sago cycad (Cycas revoluta), a gymnosperm not closely related to palm trees.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago

Similar
Cycas revoluta
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan palmera del sagú
  • palmera del sagúMetroxylon sagu
Chinese Mandarin 西穀椰子 /西谷椰子
  • 西穀椰子 /西谷椰子 (xīgǔyēzi)Metroxylon sagu
Finnish saagopalmu
  • saagopalmuMetroxylon sagu
French sagoutier
  • sagoutierMetroxylon sagu
German Sagopalme
  • SagopalmeMetroxylon sagu
Korean 사고야자
  • 사고야자 (sagoyaja)Metroxylon sagu
Polish sagownica sagowa, sagownica zwyczajna
  • sagownica sagowaMetroxylon sagu
  • sagownica zwyczajnaMetroxylon sagu
  • palma sagowaMetroxylon sagu
Portuguese saguzeiro
  • saguzeiroMetroxylon sagu
Cite this entry
APA

sago palm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sago%20palm

MLA

“sago palm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sago%20palm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sago palm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sago%20palm.

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