EGAVE

balsa

About 0.20 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
  2. noun The wood of this tree.
  3. noun A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

Similar words

balsa wood ochroma lagopus corkwood tule balsawood molompi bulletwood paddlewood balata palas

Often followed by

wood raft rafts and is logs or sheet core

Word family

balsas

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