balsa

balsa tree flower

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

  • Borrowed from Spanish balsa, from , probably Basque or Iberian.

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