balsa tree

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• Balsa — may refer to:* Balsa (tree) large, fast growing evergreen (or deciduous during dry season) tree, in the genus Ochroma, native to tropical South America north to southern Mexico * Balsa (e mail client) * Balsa (Roman town) * Balşa the Romanian… …   Wikipedia

• balsa — /bawl seuh, bahl /, n. 1. a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc. 2. a raft made of balsa wood. 3. any life raft. [1770… …   Universalium

• balsa wood — noun strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats • Syn: ↑balsa • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑balsa, ↑Ochroma lagopus * * * balsa …   Useful english dictionary

• Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …   Universalium

• balsa — S.Amer. tree, 1866, apparently from Sp. balsa float, originally the name of rafts used on the Pacific coast of Latin America (1777). The wood is very light …   Etymology dictionary

• balsa — (also balsa wood) ► NOUN ▪ very lightweight timber obtained from a tropical American tree, used chiefly for making models and rafts. ORIGIN Spanish, raft …   English terms dictionary

• tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …   Universalium

• tree — Synonyms and related words: Stammbaum, acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, ax, balsa, balsam, banyan, bare pole, basswood, bay, bayberry, beech, betel palm, birch, block, bottle up,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• balsa — /ˈbɔlsə / (say bawlsuh) noun 1. a tree, Ochroma lagopus, of the family Bombacaceae, of tropical America. 2. the extremely light wood of this tree, formerly used in life preservers, rafts, etc., now much used in crafts; balsawood. 3. a raft made… …  

• balsa — [[t]bɔ͟ːlsə[/t]] N UNCOUNT Balsa or balsa wood is a very light wood from a South American tree …   English dictionary

• balsa — [ bɒlsə] noun 1》 (also balsa wood) very lightweight timber used chiefly for making models and rafts. 2》 the fast growing tropical American tree from which balsa wood is obtained. [Ochroma lagopus.] Origin C17: from Sp., raft …   English new terms dictionary