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Balsa   /bˈɔlsə/   Listen
Balsa

noun
1.
Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.  Synonym: balsa wood.
2.
Forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts.  Synonym: Ochroma lagopus.



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"Balsa" Quotes from Famous Books



... Balzac was not of Tourainian stock, for his birthplace was due merely to chance. His father, Bernard Francois Balssa or Balsa, came originally from the little village of Nougaire, in the commune of Montirat and district of Albi. He descended from a peasant family, small land-owners or often simple day labourers. It was he who first added a "c" to his patronymic and who later prefixed ...
— Honor de Balzac • Albert Keim and Louis Lumet


Words linked to "Balsa" :   genus Ochroma, balsa raft, angiospermous tree, wood, flowering tree, Ochroma


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