BALSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does balsa mean? 

• BALSA (noun)
  The noun BALSA has 2 senses:

1. strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats

2. forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts

  Familiarity information: BALSA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

balsa; balsa wood

Hypernyms ("balsa" is a kind of...):

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Holonyms ("balsa" is a substance of...):

balsa; Ochroma lagopus (forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

balsa; Ochroma lagopus

Hypernyms ("balsa" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Meronyms (substance of "balsa"):

balsa; balsa wood (strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats)

Holonyms ("balsa" is a member of...):

genus Ochroma; Ochroma (one species: balsa)