: plant residue (as of sugarcane or grapes) left after a product (such as juice) has been extracted
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The paper containing the bagasse is cut into thin pieces and twisted together to form thread.
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
In guayule processing, the bushes are ground up, and rubber and resin are extracted using a solvent, leaving behind a dry, sawdustlike material called bagasse.
—Ula Chrobak, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2022
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
This includes agricultural residues as sugarcane bagasse and corn cobs, wood chips and pellets from thinnings and wood industry residues, and even dried animal dung.
—Nils Rokke, Forbes, 1 Mar. 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
To make the products, the company takes fiber materials, which could include recycled boxes, newspapers, agricultural waste, wheat starch, virgin papers, and bagasse, a sugar cane byproduct.
—Amanda Morris, azcentral, 29 Jan. 2020
All food and beverages must now be served with marine degradable packaging, including paper, fiber, wood, wheat straw/straw, bagasse, or edible material, and even marine degradable straws and silverware can be provided only upon request.
—Dakota Kim, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
In guayule processing, the bushes are ground up, and rubber and resin are extracted using a solvent, leaving behind a dry, sawdustlike material called bagasse.
—Ula Chrobak, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2022
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
This includes agricultural residues as sugarcane bagasse and corn cobs, wood chips and pellets from thinnings and wood industry residues, and even dried animal dung.
—Nils Rokke, Forbes, 1 Mar. 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
To make the products, the company takes fiber materials, which could include recycled boxes, newspapers, agricultural waste, wheat starch, virgin papers, and bagasse, a sugar cane byproduct.
—Amanda Morris, azcentral, 29 Jan. 2020
All food and beverages must now be served with marine degradable packaging, including paper, fiber, wood, wheat straw/straw, bagasse, or edible material, and even marine degradable straws and silverware can be provided only upon request.
—Dakota Kim, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
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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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