manioc vs sago

manioc

noun
  • A food starch prepared from the root. 

  • Cassava root, eaten as a food. 

  • The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which cassava and tapioca are prepared. 

sago

noun
  • A powdered starch obtained from certain palms and used as a food thickener. 

  • A similar starch obtained from a palm-like cycad (Cycas revoluta) 

  • Any of the palms from which sago is extracted. 

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