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balsa definition

☆ balsa (bôl′sə)

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

Etymology: Sp

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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