bagasse

[ buh-gas ]

noun
  1. crushed sugarcane or beet refuse from sugar making.

  2. paper made from fibers of bagasse.

Origin of bagasse

1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; from French, from Latin American Spanish, Spanish bagazo, derivative of baga “seed capsule of the flax plant” (presumably originally of any fruit), from Latin bāca “berry”; see also bay4

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British Dictionary definitions for bagasse

bagasse

/ (bəˈɡæs) /


noun
  1. the pulp remaining after the extraction of juice from sugar cane or similar plants: used as fuel and for making paper, etc

  2. Also called: megass, megasse a type of paper made from bagasse fibres

Origin of bagasse

1
C19: from French, from Spanish bagazo dregs, refuse, from baga husk, from Latin bāca berry

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