Found 2 items, similar to tonka bean.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tonka bean tonka bean n 1: fragrant black nutlike seeds of the tonka bean tree; used in perfumes and medicines and as a substitute for vanilla [syn: coumara nut] 2: tall tropical South American tree having pulpy egg-shaped pods of fragrant black almond-shaped seeds used for flavoring [syn: tonka bean tree, Coumarouna odorata, Dipteryx odorata ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: tonka bean Dipteryx \Dipteryx\ n. a genus of tropical American trees which produce a black seed called the tonka bean. Syn: Coumarouna, genus Coumarouna, genus Dipteryx. [WordNet 1.5]