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