Bagasse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bagasse \Ba*gasse"\ (b[.a]*g[a^]s"), n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bagasse
       n : the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted
           from sugar cane or similar plants