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tonka beans

tonka beans is the plural of tonka bean.

Meaning of tonka bean

Noun

tonka bean (plural tonka beans)

  1. A black wrinkled seed of a neotropical legume tree of species Dipteryx odorata, used as a perfume and vanilla substitute due to its high coumarin content.
    • Like when she and Seema […] climb the tonka bean tree.2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 155

Questions about tonka beans

What is tonka beans the plural of?
Tonka beans is the plural of tonka bean.

Words near tonka beans in the dictionary

  1. tonjon
  2. tonjons
  3. tonk
  4. tonka
  5. tonka bean
  6. tonka beans
  7. tonkatsu
  8. tonkatsu sauce
  9. tonkatsu sauces
  10. Tonkawa
  11. Tonkawan

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