bagasse
Americannoun
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crushed sugarcane or beet refuse from sugar making.
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paper made from fibers of bagasse.
noun
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the pulp remaining after the extraction of juice from sugar cane or similar plants: used as fuel and for making paper, etc
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Also called: megass. megasse. a type of paper made from bagasse fibres
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
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An example of biomass feedstocks includes wood residues from milling operations, sugarcane bagasse, or corn stover, all of which are abundant low-cost byproducts of forestry and agricultural operations.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 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
Margot, once convinced that the divorce was not to enable Henry to marry that bagasse Gabrielle, made small objection and soon consoled herself.
From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine
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