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Definition: tonga bean
Tonka bean
\Ton"ka bean`\ [Cf. F. onca, tonka.] (Bot.)
The seed of a leguminous tree (
Dipteryx odorata), native of
Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed
in the scenting of snuff. Called also
tonquin bean.
[Written also
tonca bean,
tonga bean.]
[1913 Webster]