Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. 
 wood of any poon tree; 
 used for masts and spars; 
2. 
 any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood; 
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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,
   Calophyllum inophullum, and Sterculia f[oe]tida; --
   called also peon.
   [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
poon
    n 1: wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars
    2: any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum
       having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood