bagasse

American  

[buh-gas] / bəˈgæs /

noun

1. crushed sugarcane or beet refuse from sugar making.

2. paper made from fibers of bagasse.

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bagasse British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of bagasse

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 bay ⁴

Example Sentences

The residues that remain after the pressing of sugarcane, referred to as bagasse, are an important type of agricultural residue that can also be broken down and converted into biofuels and bioproducts.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

Compostable-labeled containers can be anything from paper and sugarcane-based bagasse to bioplastic, which is plastic made from plants like corn.

From National Geographic • Sep. 26, 2023

Thom favors plates made with bagasse, a byproduct of sugar cane, and palm leaf plates from Dtocs.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2021

The soil is contaminated with arsenic from a former plant that used sugarcane bagasse to create canec, a wall- and ceiling-board panel used extensively in Hawaii until the 1970s.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2018

These are used only in building the fibrous stalk of the cane and they may all be recovered in the bagasse and cane-juice impurities.

From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various