OCHROMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ochroma mean? 

• OCHROMA (noun)
  The noun OCHROMA has 1 sense:

1. one species: balsa

  Familiarity information: OCHROMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OCHROMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: balsa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ochroma; Ochroma

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Ochroma"):

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

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

Bombacaceae; family Bombacaceae (tropical trees with large dry or fleshy fruit containing usually woolly seeds)