: plant residue (as of sugarcane or grapes) left after a product (such as juice) has been extracted
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His great-grandfather founded a sugar-making business in 1932, then branched into sugar machinery in 1961 and steam turbines in 1968, which at first were powered by bagasse, the residue from crushing cane stalks.
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Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
This can be pressed into particleboard such as the kind used in furniture or potentially made into biofuels for ships and planes—the latter conversion requires pyrolysis, a process in which the bagasse is heated in the absence of oxygen.
—Ula Chrobak, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2022
Add a luxurious Oil Bath For The Senses to your tub, which is infused with rosemary, sugarcane bagasse and corncob.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021
The compostable bagasse products made from a byproduct of sugarcane, for example, don’t always hold up well with soupy or saucy foods, said Leonard, of the 80-year-old Leonard Paper Company.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 25 Sep. 2020
The paper containing the bagasse is cut into thin pieces and twisted together to form thread.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
This can be pressed into particleboard such as the kind used in furniture or potentially made into biofuels for ships and planes—the latter conversion requires pyrolysis, a process in which the bagasse is heated in the absence of oxygen.
—Ula Chrobak, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2022
Add a luxurious Oil Bath For The Senses to your tub, which is infused with rosemary, sugarcane bagasse and corncob.
—Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2021
The compostable bagasse products made from a byproduct of sugarcane, for example, don’t always hold up well with soupy or saucy foods, said Leonard, of the 80-year-old Leonard Paper Company.
—Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 25 Sep. 2020
The paper containing the bagasse is cut into thin pieces and twisted together to form thread.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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bagasse
noun
ba·gasse
bə-ˈgas 
: plant residue (as of sugarcane or grapes) left after a product (as juice) has been extracted
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