Tonka bean Moderate

Tonka bean has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla

tonka bean coumara nut

tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring

tonka bean tonka bean tree Coumarouna odorata Dipteryx odorata

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