tree-wool

The Indians wore garments made of tree-wool, and they had bows of reed and arrows of reed with iron points.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

Blown tufts of tree-wool from the grove and sealed

The Light of Asia Edwin Arnold 1868

Phoenician merchants with _butz_, which is translated "fine linen," but is perhaps rather cotton, [928] the "tree-wool" of Herodotus; it also supplies embroidery, and certain precious stones, which our translators have considered to be coral, emeralds, and rubies.

History of Phoenicia George Rawlinson 1857

So saying he gave him a bundle of tree-wool he had by him, and pursued, "O

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855