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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tonka bean tree, Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bean tree
noun
fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coumara nut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bean
History
Likely from Guyanese Creole English tonka, from a Tupian language, perhaps Kari'na tonka.
Across languages
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