balsa wood

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Very light wood with excellent strength-to-weight ratio Grown mainly in South America and used extensively in model aeroplane construction
A very light, strong wood grown in Ecuador and used in the structure of model rockets
strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats

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balsawood
{i} light strong wood (used to build models, rafts, etc.); raft