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tonca

tonca is the alternative form of tonka.

Meaning of tonka

Noun

tonka (uncountable)

  1. A flavoring or fragrance used in foodstuffs and perfumes, derived from the tonka bean which contains coumarin.
    • When grated into desserts or infused into syrups, they impart a flavour so transcendent, tonka has been dubbed the most delicious ingredient you’ve never heard of.2017, Zaria Gorvett, The delicious flavour with a toxic secret, BBC

Forms of tonca

pluraltoncas

Words formed from tonca

Phrases with tonca

Questions about tonca

What is tonca the alternative form of?
Tonca is the alternative form of tonka.

Words near tonca in the dictionary

  1. tonbak
  2. Tonbridge
  3. Tonbridge and Malling
  4. Tonbridgian
  5. Tonbridgians
  6. tonca
  7. tonca bean
  8. tonca beans
  9. Tonche
  10. Tonches
  11. Tonderburine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tonca (page history and authors); tonka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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