bagasse
Pronunciation: /bəˈɡæs/
The English word “bagasse” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- The residue from processing sugar cane or other plants such as sorghum or sugar beet after the juice is extracted.
- Synonym of bagassosis (“pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of dust from bagasse (sense 1)”).
Etymology
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).
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