| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bagasse |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ba·gasse |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -g s |
| NOUN: | The dry, fibrous residue remaining after the extraction of juice from the crushed stalks of sugar cane, used as a source of cellulose for some paper products. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Spanish bagazo, dregs, from Latin b ca, berry.
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