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Webster 1913 Edition


Bagasse


Ba-gasse′

(bȧ-găs′)
,
Noun.
[F.]
Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar.

Definition 2024


bagasse

bagasse

English

Noun

bagasse (uncountable)

  1. The residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted.

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French

Etymology

From Spanish bagazo, from baga (berry).

Noun

bagasse f (plural bagasses)

  1. bagasse
  2. residue of indigo after extracting the dye by fermentation