GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

1.       
   Poon (?), n. [Canarese ponne.] A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, Calophyllum inophullum, and Sterculia fœtida; -- called also peon.
   
   [1913 Webster]