Eriodendron

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 413

Eriodendron, a genus of Sterculiaceæ, allied to Bombax, East and West Indian trees with woolly seed; hence often called Wool-trees. The wool is sometimes used for stuffing pillows, &c., and the seeds yield oil, or are sometimes eaten.

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