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also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, atc.). 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 s…

A marmoset; -- called also sagouin.

An introduction. [Obs.] Harris.

Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of theology.

That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures.

A figure or polygon whose angles are equal.

A kind of Swiss cheese, of a greenish color, flavored with melilot.

A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

Any plant of the natural order Cycadeceæ, as the sago palm, etc.

ning to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.

e palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.

he blue melilot (Melilotus cærulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese.

d also pearl shell, and pearl mussel. -- Pearl powder. See Pearl white, below. -- Pearl sago, sago in the form of small pearly grains. -- Pearl sinter (Min.), fiorite. -- Pearl spar (Min.), a crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly luster. -- Pearl white. (a) Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride…

A genus of palms from which sago is obtained.