balsa
1. strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats • Syn: balsa wood • Hypernyms: wood • Substance Holonyms: Ochroma lagopus 2. forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts • Syn: Ochroma lagopus • Hypernyms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree • Member Holonyms: Ochroma, genus Ochroma • Substance Meronyms: balsa wood
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