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Wood wool

Excelsior, or wood wool

Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs. It is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers, for erosion control mats, and as a raw material for the production of other products such as bonded wood wool boards. In the past it was used as stuffing, or padding, in upholstery,[1][2] or to fill stuffed toys. It is also sometimes used by taxidermists to construct the armatures of taxidermy mounts.

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  2. ^ Neilson, William; Knott, Thomas; Carhart, Paul, eds. (1934). Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language (Second ed.). Springfield, Mass.: G & C Merriam Co. used to stuff furniture

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