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megass

/məˈɡæs/

megass noun: bagasse.

Noun

megass (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Bagasse.
    • The megass was then gathered together, and suffered to steep in water so hot, that the hand can be borne in it without inconvenience, and after a while the megass was reground : the canes yielded two pans of liquor, and the megass one; […]1846, Simmonds Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany (Peter Lund Simmonds, William Henry Giles Kingston), page 119

megass meaning in Tamil and Bengali

megass in Tamil

கருப்பஞ்சக்கை

megass in Bengali

ছোবড়া

Origin of megass

Attested since about 1840 in American English, a modification of bagasse.

Questions about megass

What does megass mean?
Megass means bagasse.
What is megass in Tamil?
Megass in Tamil is கருப்பஞ்சக்கை. See Megass meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is megass?
Megass is a noun.
How do you pronounce megass?
Megass is pronounced /məˈɡæs/.

Words near megass in the dictionary

  1. megasporogenesis
  2. megasporophyll
  3. megasporophylls
  4. megasporophyte
  5. megasporophytes
  6. megass
  7. megasse
  8. megastar
  9. megastardom
  10. megastars
  11. megastate

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