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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


Synonymscoumara 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


SynonymsCoumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata, tonka bean tree


Broader (hypernym)bean tree


Member meronymCoumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx









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