Boba vs. Sago

Bobanoun

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Bobanoun

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Sagonoun

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

Sagonoun

A similar starch obtained from a palm-like cycad, Cycas revoluta

Sagonoun

Any of the palms from which sago is extracted.

Sagonoun

A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.).

Sagonoun

powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener

Sago

Sago () is a starch extracted from the spongy centre, or pith, of various tropical palm stems, especially those of Metroxylon sagu. It is a major staple food for the lowland peoples of New Guinea and the Moluccas, where it is called saksak, rabia and sagu.