tonka bean
1. fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla • Syn: coumara nut • Hypernyms: bean 2. tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring • Syn: tonka bean tree, Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata • Hypernyms: bean tree • Member Holonyms: Coumarouna, genus Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Dipteryx
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