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BAGASSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bagasse mean? 

BAGASSE (noun)
  The noun BAGASSE has 1 sense:

1. the dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plantsplay

  Familiarity information: BAGASSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BAGASSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The dry dusty pulp that remains after juice is extracted from sugar cane or similar plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("bagasse" is a kind of...):

pulp (a mixture of cellulose fibers)


 Context examples 


Previous attempts at making filters out of materials such as groundnut shell, mango leaf, rice husk and sugarcane bagasse, met with limited success.

(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)



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