bagasse paper
1Bagasse — (sometimes spelled bagass ) is the biomass remaining after sugarcane or sorghum stalks are crushed to extract their juice and is not used currently as a renewable resource. [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9011737/bagasse bagasse… …
2bagasse — /beuh gas /, n. 1. crushed sugar cane or beet refuse from sugar making. 2. paper made from fibers of bagasse. [1820 30, Amer.; < F < AmerSp, Sp bagazo, deriv. of baga seed capsule of the flax plant (presumably orig. of any fruit) < L baca berry;… …
3paper — paperless, adj. paperlike, adj. /pay peuhr/, n. 1. a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc. 2. a piece, sheet, or leaf of this. 3 …
4paper pulp — raw material for paper manufacture that contains vegetable, mineral, or man made fibres. It forms a matted or felted sheet on a screen when moisture is removed. Rags and other fibres, such as straw, grasses, and bark of the mitsumata… …
5bagasse — (bah GAHS) [French, from Spanish] The dry, fibrous refuse of sugarcane that remains after pressing, used to make paper …
6bagasse — /bəˈgæs/ (say buh gas) noun crushed, juiceless remains of sugar cane after sugar making, used to produce paper, electricity, fertiliser, etc. Also, North Coast NSW, magasse. {French, from Provençal bagasso} …
7bagasse — n. the dry pulpy residue left after the extraction of juice from sugar cane, usable as fuel or to make paper etc. Etymology: F f. Sp. bagazo …
8papermaking — [pā′pər māk΄iŋ] n. the making of paper papermaker n. * * * pa·per·mak·ing (pāʹpər mā kĭng) n. The process or craft of making paper. paʹper·mak er n. * * * Introduction formation of a matted or felted sheet, usually of cellulose fibres,… …
9sugar — sugarless, adj. sugarlike, adj. /shoog euhr/, n. 1. a sweet, crystalline substance, C12H22O11, obtained chiefly from the juice of the sugarcane and the sugar beet, and present in sorghum, maple sap, etc.: used extensively as an ingredient and… …
10Sugarcane — Taxobox name = Sugarcane image width = 250px image caption = Cut sugar cane regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Saccharum genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species… …
