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Noun: tonka bean tree
  1. Tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavouring
    "tonka bean trees were used to flavour the artisanal ice cream";
    - tonka bean, Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata

Derived forms: tonka bean trees

Type of: bean tree

Part of: Coumarouna, Dipteryx, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx