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tonquin bean

tonquin bean is the rare spelling 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

Forms of tonquin bean

pluraltonquin beans

Questions about tonquin bean

What is tonquin bean the rare spelling of?
Tonquin bean is the rare spelling of tonka bean.

Words near tonquin bean in the dictionary

  1. tonous
  2. tonqua
  3. tonqua bean
  4. tonqua beans
  5. tonquin
  6. tonquin bean
  7. tonquin beans
  8. Tonquinese
  9. Tonra
  10. tons
  11. tons of refrigeration

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