poon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: poon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for poon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poon n wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poon \Poon\, n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as {Calophyllum angustifolium}, {C. inophullum}, and {Sterculia f[d2]tida}; -- called also {peon}.