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balsa

noun

  1. any of several tropical American trees (genus Ochroma) of the bombax family that yield an extremely light and buoyant wood used for rafts, model airplanes, etc.
  2. the wood
  3. a raft, esp. one made up of a frame resting on cylindrical floats

See balsa in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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