bagaço

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Portuguese

Etymology

From baga (berry) +‎ -aço. Compare Galician and Spanish bagazo.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: ba‧ga‧ço

Noun

bagaço m (plural bagaços)

  1. bagasse (residue from processing sugar cane after the juice is extracted)
  2. pomace (pulp that remains after a fruit has been pressed to extract the juice)
  3. marc (a type of brandy produced from grape residues)
    Synonym: bagaceira
    Hypernym: aguardente

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