[buh-gas] 
| 1. | crushed sugar cane or beet refuse from sugar making. |
| 2. | paper made from fibers of bagasse. |
| ba·gasse (bə-gās') n. The dry, fibrous residue remaining after the extraction of juice from the crushed stalks of sugar cane, used as a source of cellulose for some paper products. [French, from Spanish bagazo, dregs, from Latin bāca, berry.] |
