Among the trees passed to-day was one called the "volador".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

But it is the seeds which are curious, and which give to the tree the odd name of "volador," or "flier.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

Among the trees passed to-day was one called the "volador.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference

We found near the bano of Mariara the volador, or gyrocarpus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference

The volador is not confined to South America, I have seen it in Mexico, and other parts of North America.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

The numerous plants of the volador, now seen in hot-houses, owe their origin to the only tree of the kind found near.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference

The numerous plants of the volador, now seen in hot-houses, owe their origin to the only tree of the kind found near Mariara.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference

On shaking the branches of the volador, we saw the air filled with its fruits, the simultaneous fall of which presents the most singular spectacle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference

It is altogether a curious sight when a large volador is shaken in calm weather, to see the hundreds of seeds whirling and wheeling towards the ground, which they take a considerable time in reaching.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference

Mariara the volador, or gyrocarpus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference

"El volador.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference

"volador," or "flier.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference

We never met with the volador in flower.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2] Reference

We shall see the giant "ceiba" tree, and the "zamang," and the "caoba," twined by huge parasites almost as thick as their own trunks, and looking as though they embraced but to crush them; the "juvia," with its globe-shaped fruits as large as the human head; the "cow-tree," with its abundant fountains of rich milk; the "seringa," with its valuable gum -- the caoutchouc of commerce; the "cinchona," with its fever-killing bark; the curious "volador," with its winged seeds; the wild indigo, and the arnatto.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon] Reference