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balsa
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun balsa has 2 senses
- balsa(n = noun.plant) balsa wood - strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats; Array is a kind of wood
- balsa(n = noun.plant) ochroma lagopus - forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts; Array is a member of genus ochroma, ochroma
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
balsa, n. [Sp. or Pg. balsa.].
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
balsa, n.
1 (in full balsa-wood) a type of tough lightweight wood used for making models etc.
2 the tropical American tree, Ochroma lagopus, from which it comes.
1 (in full balsa-wood) a type of tough lightweight wood used for making models etc.
2 the tropical American tree, Ochroma lagopus, from which it comes.
Etymology
Sp., = raft
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