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tonka bean

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Noun

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

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

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tonka bean tree Coumarouna odorata Dipteryx odorata coumara nut

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