ochroma lagopus
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in craftsSynonyms: balsaOchroma lagopus
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.(Zool.) A long, narrow foot, carried (that is, produced or extending) forward; -- said of dogs. [1913 Webster]
2.(Bot.) A tree (Ochroma Lagopus) of the West Indies, having the stamens united somewhat in the form of a hare's foot. [1913 Webster]
Harefoot clover (Bot.), a species of clover (Trifolium arvense) with soft and silky heads. [1913 Webster]
1.The wood of the cork oak. [Obs.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2.Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana, a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in the southeastern US having extremely light wood; -- called also the corkwood tree. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
1.Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.: (a) (Zool.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets. (b) (Bot.) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, as of the thistle. (c) The soft hair of the face when beginning to appear. [1913 Webster]
And the first down begins to shade his face.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
2.That which is made of down, as a bed or pillow; that which affords ease and repose, like a bed of down [1913 Webster]
When in the down I sink my head, Sleep, Death's twin brother, times my breath.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
Thou bosom softness, down of all my cares!— Southern.[1913 Webster]
Down tree (Bot.), a tree of Central America (Ochroma Lagopus), the seeds of which are enveloped in vegetable wool. [1913 Webster]