English noun: tonka bean | |||
1. | tonka bean (plant) fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla | ||
Synonyms | coumara nut | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bean | ||
2. | tonka bean (plant) tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring | ||
Synonyms | Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata, tonka bean tree | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bean tree | ||
Member meronym | Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx | ||