bagasse

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bagasse

/bəˈɡæs/ UK
/bæ-/ UK
/-ˈɡɑːs/ UK
/bəˈɡæs/ US

Rhymes with -æs

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from French bagasse, from Spanish bagazo (“plant residue (especially from sugar cane) after juice is extracted”), from baga (“berry”) (from Latin bāca (“berry or other small fruit; etc.”); further etymology uncertain) + -azo (augmentative suffix).

noun bagasses · bagass

uncountable, usually The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
Similar: megass, megasse
archaic, obsolete, uncountable, usually Synonym of bagassosis (“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense 1)”).
Similar: bagassosis

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noun residue from processing sugar cane, etc., after the juice is extracted

Español	bagazo
日本語	バガス bagasu
中文	甘蔗渣 gānzhezhā, gānzhèzhā, 蔗渣 zhèzhā
हिन्दी	खोई khoī
Português	bagaço
Français	bagasse
Deutsch	Bagasse
Italiano	bagassa
Română	bagasă
Русский	багасса bagassa
Tiếng Việt	bã mía
العربية	ثفل القصب

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@misc{bagasse_2026,
  title = {bagasse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bagasse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}