E. Ind. [a. Hindī tun, tūn, Skr. tunna.] An East Indian tree, Cedrela Toona, which yields a timber resembling mahogany but softer and lighter, used for furniture and cabinet-work: the wood of this tree, also called Indian mahogany. Also attrib., as toon-tree, -wood.
1810. Maria Graham, Jrnl. Resid. India (1812), 101. The toon, or country mahogany, which comes from Bengal.
1843. Holtzapffel, Turning, I. 108. Toon-wood has already been mentioned under the head of Cedar.
1879. Mrs. A. E. James, Ind. Househ. Managem., 28. The wood they use mostly in the Punjaub is toon…. It is valuable from its durability, and is reddish in colour.
