Definition of Ochroma

1. Noun. One species: balsa.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ochroma
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Bombacaceae, Family Bombacaceae
Member holonyms: Balsa, Ochroma Lagopus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ochroma

Oceanica
Oceanid
Oceanites
Oceanites oceanicus
Oceanospirillum
Oceanus
Ochna
Ochna serrulata
Ochnaceae
Ochoa
Ochoa's law
Ochotona
Ochotona collaris
Ochotona princeps
Ochotonidae
Ochroma (current term)
Ochroma lagopus
Ochs
Ochsner
Ochsner's method
Ochsner clamp
Ocicat
Ocimum
Ocimum basilicum
Ockham
Ockham's Razor
Ockhamist
Ockhamistic
Ockhamists
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Literary usage of Ochroma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1812)
"Ochroma. Willden. sp.pl. 3. p. 605. Lagopus. t. 153. Pyramidal Ochroma. Nat. of Jamaica and St. Domingo. Introd. 1802, by AB Lambert, Esq. Fl S. 1j. ..."

2. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"Vegetable down from Ochroma lagopus (see Fig. 134). (6) Raw fibre, yellowish, thin-walled, walls very uneven in thickness; frequently weakly developed ..."

3. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical, and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1904)
"The Edredon vegetal and Pattes de lievre of the French trade are products of Ochroma lagopus. The Quote vt?gt!tal is a mixture of Bombax, Ochroma, ..."

4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1880)
"This specimen is similar in appearance to Ochroma, and of so slight tenacity that it can only be mentioned as fibrous material. ..."

5. The Microscopy of Technical Products by Thomas Franz Hanausek (1907)
"The deep-brown wool of Ochroma lagopus Sw. (Fig. 58) consists of moderately thick-walled hairs ... Vegetable Down from Ochroma lagopus. (T. !•'. HANAUSEK. ..."

6. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"... or sinuous (Ochroma) ; the capsule is loculicidal or indehiscent; the cotyledons are coiled (Ochroma), or folded nud contorted ..."

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