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the lightest hardwood that's somehow technically a hardwood, defying every label you'd give it
hardwood lieClassified hardwood despite being softer than pine
wartime heroBuilt the WWII Mosquito bomber, fast and radar-quiet
growth speedShoots up 90 feet in ten years
rafting fameKon-Tiki crossed the Pacific on balsa logs
living waterUp to 90 percent water when freshly cut