TONKA BEAN TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tonka bean tree mean? 

• TONKA BEAN TREE (noun)
  The noun TONKA BEAN TREE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TONKA BEAN TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TONKA BEAN TREE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Coumarouna odorata; Dipteryx odorata; tonka bean; tonka bean tree

Hypernyms ("tonka bean tree" is a kind of...):

bean tree (any of several trees having seedpods as fruits)

Holonyms ("tonka bean tree" is a member of...):

Coumarouna; Dipteryx; genus Coumarouna; genus Dipteryx (tropical American trees: tonka beans)