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 Definitions of Balsa  [ˈbɔl sə, ˈbɑl-]  

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Definition of 'Balsa' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) balsa
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus), of the bombax family, yielding a light wood used for rafts, toy airplanes, etc.

2.  balsa
a life raft.

Etymology:  (1770–80; < Sp: boat)

Definition of 'Balsa' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) balsa, balsa wood
strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats

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


Definition of 'Balsa' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Balsa
a raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America


Translation of 'Balsa' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (also balsa tree ) a tropical American tree.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: balsa Arabic flag Arabic: شَجَرَةٌ استِوائيَّة أمري Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тропическо американско дъ
Brazilian flag Brazilian: balsa Czech flag Czech: balzový strom German flag German: der Balsabaum
Danish flag Danish: balsatræ Greek flag Greek: μπάλσα (είδος τροπικού δέ Spanish flag Spanish: balsa
Estonian flag Estonian: balsapuu Farsi flag Farsi: درخت بالسا Finnish flag Finnish: balsa
French flag French: balsa Hebrew flag Hebrew: בַּלסָה Hindi flag Hindi: एक वृक्ष
Croatian flag Croatian: balsa Hungarian flag Hungarian: balsafa Indonesian flag Indonesian: pohon balsa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: balsatré Italian flag Italian: balsa Japanese flag Japanese: バルサ
Korean flag Korean: 발사 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: balza Latvian flag Latvian: balza
Malay flag Malay: pokok tropikal di Amerika Dutch flag Dutch: balsa Norwegian flag Norwegian: balsatre
Polish flag Polish: balsa Persian flag Persian: درخت بالسا Pashto flag Pashto: د بالسا ونه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: balsa Romanian flag Romanian: lemn de plută Russian flag Russian: бальзовое дерево
Slovak flag Slovak: balzový strom Slovenian flag Slovenian: balsa Serbian flag Serbian: balsamovo drvo
Swedish flag Swedish: balsaträd Thai flag Thai: ต้นไม้เขตร้อนของอเมริกา Turkish flag Turkish: sal ağacı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 輕木 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: бальза Urdu flag Urdu: درخت کا نام
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây gỗ bấc Chinese flag Chinese: 轻木树

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