sago palm
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dwarf palmlike cycad of Japan that yields sago
any of various tropical Asian palm trees the trunks of which yield sago
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Cycas revoluta
cycad
coontie
zamia
living fossil
fern palm
giant fern
burrawang
native cycad
primitive plant
fern cycad
palm fern
prehistoric plant
queen sago
queensland cycad
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In addition to its use as a food source, the leaves of the sago palm are used for construction materials and for thatching roofs and the fibre can be made into rope and mats.
This is not the same plant commonly used as a house plant and called "sago palm".