Found 2 items, similar to Ochroma Lagopus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Ochroma lagopus Ochroma lagopus n : forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts [syn: balsa]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ochroma Lagopus Harefoot \Hare"foot`\ (-f[oo^]t`), n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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] Down \Down\, n. [Akin to LG. dune, dun, Icel. d?nn, Sw. dun, Dan. duun, G. daune, cf. D. dons; perh. akin to E. dust.] 1. Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool; esp.: (a) (Zo["o]l.) 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]