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tonka bean   (TTS Sound)

The noun tonka bean has 2 senses

• tonka bean, coumara nut -- (fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla)


• tonka bean, tonka bean tree, Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata -- (tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring)