balsa
noun
a tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (lagopus ), of the bombax family, yielding an exceedingly light wood used for life preservers, rafts, toy airplanes, etc.
balsas
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pluralof balsa.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They were taking many of the same chances as their theoretical primitives: the raft was modeled after the balsas of the ancient Peruvians.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to Peruvian tradition, the Inca Tupac Yupanqui sailed a large fleet of balsas into the Pacific, about 1470 A.D.
From Time Magazine Archive
The balsas cannot beat to windward, but behave very well in shallow water with a favoring breeze.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Hiram Bingham
These skin boats, if boats they are, are called balsas.
From Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading by William Henry Giles Kingston
At length the Spaniards embarked in twenty balsas, and came in sight of the native squadron.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
