tooba, tuba

[Arab.=happine , eternal happine . ( Sale.)] 1. Bot .: (1) Dalbergia heterophylla ; (2) D. pur pure a ; (3) Derris elliptic a . ( Treas . of Bot .) 2. Mohammedan Mythol.: A tree which stands in paradise in the palace of Mohammed. ( Sale .) "My feast is now of the Tooba tree, Whose scent is the breath of Eternity." Moore: Paradise and the Peri. took, pret . of v. [ΤΑΚΕ, ν .] Also used formerly as the past participle. "Most of the rest slaughtered, or took , likewise." Shakesp.: Henry VI ., Pt . I. , i. 1.