English Explanatory Dictionary

tonka bean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A black wrinkled seed of a neotropical legume tree of species Dipteryx odorata, used as a perfume and vanilla substitute due to its high coumarin content.

Word forms

tonka bean tonka beans tonca bean tonga bean tonqua bean tonquin bean

Etymology

Likely from Guyanese Creole English tonka, from a Tupian language, perhaps Kari'na tonka.

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