bagasse
crushed sugarcane or beet refuse from sugar making.
paper made from fibers of bagasse.
Origin of bagasse
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How to use bagasse in a sentence
The feedstocks for Supplant’s sugar substitute come from sugarcane bagasse and wheat, and the processing equipment comes from the brewing industry.
Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute? | Jonathan Shieber | February 26, 2021 | TechCrunchIn spite of these efforts bagasse still remains an almost useless and unworkable material.
The Manufacture of Paper | Robert Walter SindallWith 30 pounds of bagasse per 100 pounds of cane, no other fuel should be required.
Industrial Cuba | Robert P. PorterAs they had surmised, the Venture was stranded at the foot of the huge stone bagasse-burner.
Raftmates | Kirk Munroe
British Dictionary definitions for bagasse
/ (bəˈɡæs) /
the pulp remaining after the extraction of juice from sugar cane or similar plants: used as fuel and for making paper, etc
Also called: megass, megasse a type of paper made from bagasse fibres
Origin of bagasse
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